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   Ex·pend

   /ikˈspend/

   

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   • 1. spend or use up (a resource such as money, time, or energy): "we do not need to expend energy working on our marriage" Similar spendpay outlay outdisbursedole outget throughgo throughlavishsquanderwastefritter (away)dissipatespend like waterthrow around like confettiinformal:fork outshell outdish outcough upblowsplurgepour/throw down the drainspend money as if it grows on treesspend money as if there were no tomorrowspend money as if it were going out of style/fashionsplash outstump upblueante uppony upuse upuseutilizemake use ofconsumeeat updepletedrainsapexhaustemptyget throughgo throughfinish offOpposite saveconserveconserve

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.

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   What does expend mean?

   • Governments expend a lot of resources on war. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 花費，消費，耗費（尤指時間、精力或錢）… 花费，消费，耗费（尤指时间、精力或钱）… consumir, gastar, emplear… usar, gastar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! EXPEND definition: to use effort, time, or money to do something: . Learn more.

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   What is a synonym for expend?

   • 1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on education. See Synonyms at spend. 2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" (George Meredith). [Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots .]

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   What does expendere mean?

   • Expending .] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend .]

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   to use effort, time, or money to do something: [ + doing sth ] You expend far too much energy doing things for other people. Governments expend a lot of resources on war. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   verb [ T ] formal uk / ɪkˈspend / us. to use effort, time, or money to do something: [ + doing sth ] You expend far too much energy doing things for other people. Governments expend a lot of resources on war. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.

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   expend meaning, definition, what is expend: to use or spend a lot of energy etc in o...: Learn more.

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   To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it.

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   Define expend. expend synonyms, expend pronunciation, expend translation, English dictionary definition of expend. use up: expend energy; pay out; disburse; consume, empty Not to be confused with: expand – extend, swell, enlarge; spread out: It will expand its wings and...

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   The meaning of EXPEND is to pay out : spend. How to use expend in a sentence. to pay out : spend; to make use of for a specific purpose : utilize; also : use up…