expend
verb (used with object)
to use up.
expender
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a word derived from
expend.
Example Sentences
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But Triffitt knew himself to be the expender of the Markledew money, and the knowledge made him unduly cautious.
From The Herapath Property by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
A great expender of energy by reason of the exigencies of flight, it is essentially, chilly creature that it is, better-adapted than any other to the retention of heat.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
