expend (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *expend*:
VERB	consumption	expend, use	use up, consume fully
VERB	possession	expend, spend, drop	pay out

expend > pronunciation
Sounds	ihkspeh'nd
Rhymes	amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd...

English > *expend*: 2 senses > verb 1, consumption
Meaning	use up, consume fully.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	They expend the money
Example	"The legislature expended its time on school questions"
Synonym	use
Entails	consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out	use up (resources or materials)
Entailed by	delight, enjoy, revel	Take delight in
Narrower	abuse	Use wrongly or improperly or excessively
	pervert, misuse, abuse	change the inherent purpose or function of something
	spare	Use frugally or carefully
	take, occupy, use up	require (time or space)
	waste, blow, squander	spend thoughtlessly
Spanish	acabar, agotar, esgrimir, usar, utilizar
Catalan	esgrimir, fer servir, usar, utilitzar
Nouns	expenditure	the act of consuming something

English > *expend*: 2 senses > verb 2, possession
Meaning	pay out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something on somebody
Synonyms	spend, drop
Narrower	afford	Be able to spare or give up
	blow	spend lavishly or wastefully on
	consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out	use up (resources or materials)
	consume, squander, waste, ware	spend extravagantly
	invest, put, commit, place	make an investment
	lay out	Spend or invest
	misspend	spend (money or other resources) unwisely
	misspend	spend time badly or unwisely
	penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime	spend money frugally
	piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle	Waste time
	save, economize, economise	spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
	underspend	spend at less than the normal rate
	wanton, wanton away, trifle away	spend wastefully
Broader	pay	Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Spanish	dejar caer, expender, gastar
Catalan	gastar
Adjectives	expensive	high in price or charging high prices
Nouns	expender	someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
	expending, expenditure	the act of spending money for goods or services
	expenditure	money paid out

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