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expend Definition

ex·pend (ek spend′, ik-)

transitive verb

  1. to spend
  2. to consume by using; use up

Etymology: ME expenden < L expendere, to weigh out, pay out < ex-, out + pendere, to weigh: see pendant

expend Synonyms

expend

v.

  1. To use

    exhaust, use up, employ; see consume 2.

  2. To spend

    pay out, disburse, write checks for, lay out; see spend 1.

expend Usage Examples

Object

  • calorie: The calories expended during ab exercises are very low.
  • effort: Any effort expended on the ascent is amply repaid once you reach the summit.
  • ammunition: In the evening, having expended all ammunition, the battery received order, to withdraw.
  • energy: A deer will not expend energy for no purpose.
  • monies: The Chairman advised that the Parish Council was accountable for any monies expended on any project.
  • sum: I have stated the specific sums expended for each child, in order to shew how little is required on such occasions.

Preposition: as

energy: But they prefer to expend as little energy as possible in doing so.

Adjective complement

  • most: Also keep in mind that it can be counterproductive to expend most of your energy during the early laps.
  • more: Students will be expected to answer source questions on all subject areas, expending not more than 500 words on each question.

Modifying Another Word

  • actually: Furthermore, in the right circumstances it was possible to get tax relief twice on sums that the taxpayer had never actually expended!
  • already: But I feel certain that your father had already expended a great deal of money with that learned man.
  • much: The Division had expended too much of its strength getting through no-man's land.
  • not: A deer will not expend energy for no purpose.
  • now: Researchers are now expending lots of time and effort in studying treatments that might prove useful in more progressive disease.
  • only: Any such funds shall be expended only with the approval of the Executive Council.

Infinitive complement

include: Nowadays it has expended to include a whole array of activities.

Preposition: in

  • purchase: It is expended in the purchase of a Bible or Testament for a poor person.
  • order: As a consequence, much experimental and theoretical effort has been expended in order to characterize cluster structure.
  • way: Too often energy has been expended in this way rather toward solving them.

Preposition: for

purpose: Those funds ought to be expended for charitable purposes.