verb
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to spend; disburse
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to consume or use up
Related Words
See spend.
Other Word Forms
- expender noun
- overexpend verb
- preexpend verb (used with object)
- unexpended adjective
- well-expended adjective
Etymology
Origin of expend
1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin expendere “to weigh out, lay out, pay”
Example Sentences
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This boost to revenue and tourism, the government argues, justifies the resources it is expending.
From BBC
The goal isn’t merely replenishing what the U.S. is expending, but building more than enough to deter the next war.
This spiritual sequel to “Frankenstein” is a romantic tale of obsession, possession and fantasy — adjectives that also apply to its filmmaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, who expends massive quantities of energy jolting it to life.
From Los Angeles Times
Grieco said that while interceptors are being expended on drones, it is not to the same degree as for missiles, and "the most acute shortage is with the ballistic interceptors."
From Barron's
This better price is crucial for having enough rounds to sustain a long fight, and improving the “cost curve” problem of expending pricey Western missiles to shoot down cheap drones and projectiles.
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