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expend
expenduse 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 fly away.ex·pend E0285400 (ĭk-spĕnd′)tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends 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.]expend (ɪkˈspɛnd) vb (tr) 1. to spend; disburse2. to consume or use up[C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh] exˈpender nex•pend (ɪkˈspɛnd)
v.t. 1. to use up: expended energy and time. 2. to pay out; spend. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin expendere to weigh out, pay =ex- ex-1 + pendere to weigh] ex•pend′er, n. expend - Comes from ex-, "out," and pendere, "weigh; pay"; originally, it referred to spending money, with the root sense being "to weigh out money."See also related terms for weigh.expend
Past participle: expended
Gerund: expending
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| I expend | | you expend | | he/she/it expends | | we expend | | you expend | | they expend |
| Preterite |
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| I expended | | you expended | | he/she/it expended | | we expended | | you expended | | they expended |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am expending | | you are expending | | he/she/it is expending | | we are expending | | you are expending | | they are expending |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have expended | | you have expended | | he/she/it has expended | | we have expended | | you have expended | | they have expended |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was expending | | you were expending | | he/she/it was expending | | we were expending | | you were expending | | they were expending |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had expended | | you had expended | | he/she/it had expended | | we had expended | | you had expended | | they had expended |
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| I will expend | | you will expend | | he/she/it will expend | | we will expend | | you will expend | | they will expend |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have expended | | you will have expended | | he/she/it will have expended | | we will have expended | | you will have expended | | they will have expended |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be expending | | you will be expending | | he/she/it will be expending | | we will be expending | | you will be expending | | they will be expending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been expending | | you have been expending | | he/she/it has been expending | | we have been expending | | you have been expending | | they have been expending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been expending | | you will have been expending | | he/she/it will have been expending | | we will have been expending | | you will have been expending | | they will have been expending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been expending | | you had been expending | | he/she/it had been expending | | we had been expending | | you had been expending | | they had been expending |
| Conditional |
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| I would expend | | you would expend | | he/she/it would expend | | we would expend | | you would expend | | they would expend |
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| I would have expended | | you would have expended | | he/she/it would have expended | | we would have expended | | you would have expended | | they would have expended |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | expend - use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"useabuse, misuse, pervert - change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"abuse - use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"spare - use frugally or carefullytake, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"squander, waste, blow - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" | | 2. | expend - pay out; "spend money"spend, dropdeplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"afford - be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"trifle away, wanton away, wanton - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"underspend - spend at less than the normal ratemisspend - spend (money or other resources) unwiselynickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possibleinvest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"economise, economize, save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"lay out - spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficientlymisspend - spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth" |
expendverb (Formal)1. use (up), employ, go through (informal), exhaust, consume, dissipate the number of calories you expend through exercise2. spend, pay out, lay out (informal), fork out (slang), shell out, disburse the amount of money expended on this project so farexpendverb1. To distribute (money) as payment:disburse, give, lay out, outlay, pay (out), spend.Informal: fork out (or over) (or up), shell out.2. To use all of:consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.Informal: polish off.Translationsexpend (ikˈspend) verb to use or spend (supplies etc). 消耗，花費 花费，消耗，使用或支出 exˈpenditure (-tʃə) noun the act of spending. the expenditure of money and resources; His expenditure(s) amounted to $500. 支出 支出exˈpense (-s) noun1. the spending of money etc; cost. I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well. 消耗，花費 消耗，花费 2. a cause of spending. What an expense clothes are! 花錢的東西 费钱之物exˈpenses (-siz) noun plural money spent in carrying out a job etc. His firm paid his travelling expenses. 費用 费用exˈpensive (-siv) adjective costing a great deal. expensive clothes. 昂貴的 昂贵的at the expense of1. being paid for by; at the cost of. He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work. 犧牲…，以...為代價 以...为牺牲，以...为代价 2. making (a person) appear ridiculous. He told a joke at his wife's expense. 愚弄某人 取笑某人，嘲弄 expend
expend (something) for (something)To spend a certain amount of money on something. I bet Al expend a bundle for a fancy car like that.See also: expendexpend (something) in (something)To use some resource in some action or pursuit. We've been expending most of our effort in marketing, but we really need to improve the product.See also: expendexpend (something) on (someone or something)To use some resource to attempt to make a change of some kind in someone or something in particular. I don't want to expend much energy on my side business anymore because I'm just not making that much money from it. We don't have to expend much training time on Lisa—she already knows the ropes.See also: expend, onexpend something for somethingto pay a certain amount for something. I expended an enormous amount for skin creams. How much money did you expend for this gaudy tie?See also: expendexpend something in somethingto use or consume something in some activity. You expend too much energy in talking. Harry expended a lot of time in the preparation of his speech.See also: expendexpend something on someone or somethingto use something on someone or something. Don't expend too much energy on him. He isn't worth it. There is no point in expending any more money on this car.See also: expend, onEncyclopediaSeeexpenseFinancialSeeexpenditureexpend
Related to expend: expound, corpulenceSynonyms for expendverb use (up)Synonyms- use (up)
- employ
- go through
- exhaust
- consume
- dissipate
verb spendSynonyms- spend
- pay out
- lay out
- fork out
- shell out
- disburse
Synonyms for expendverb to distribute (money) as paymentSynonyms- disburse
- give
- lay out
- outlay
- pay
- spend
- fork out
- shell out
verb to use all ofSynonyms- consume
- drain
- draw down
- eat up
- exhaust
- finish
- play out
- run through
- spend
- use up
- polish off
Synonyms for expendverb use up, consume fullySynonymsRelated Words- abuse
- misuse
- pervert
- spare
- take
- use up
- occupy
- squander
- waste
- blow
verb pay outSynonymsRelated Words- deplete
- use up
- wipe out
- eat up
- exhaust
- run through
- eat
- consume
- ware
- squander
- waste
- afford
- pay
- blow
- trifle away
- wanton away
- wanton
- underspend
- misspend
- nickel-and-dime
- penny-pinch
- invest
- commit
- put
- place
- economise
- economize
- save
- lay out
- piddle
- piddle away
- trifle
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