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v. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend.

v. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force” ( George Meredith).

v. To consume or exhaust some resource.

v. To spend or disburse money.

v. To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend

verb-intransitive. To be laid out, used, or consumed.

verb-intransitive. To pay out or disburse money.

To lay out; disburse; spend; pay out.

To consume by use; spend in using: as, to expend time, labor, or material; the oil of a lamp is expended in burning; water is expended in mechanical operations; the ammunition was entirely expended.

v. use up, consume fully

v. pay out

"If that Government have troops they are willing to "expend" in Mexico, it is not the British residents who will object to their presence."

expended    expending    expends   

use up    waste    misuse    abuse    take    spare    squander    pervert    occupy    blow   

expended    expending   

spend    consume    outlay    disburse    use    employ   

End    Friend    Mende    Wend    abend    amend    append    apprehend    ascend    attend