expendverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈspend/us/ɪkˈspend/formalto use or spend time, effort, or money:
You expend so much effort for so little return.
Governments expend a lot of resources on war.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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