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- Dictionaryexpend/ɪkˈspɛnd/
verb
- 1. spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy): "the energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas" Similar Opposite
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to use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money: They expend all their energy fixing up their house. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: to make use of for a specific purpose : utilize. projects on which they expended great energy. also : use up. expender noun. Synonyms. disburse. drop. fork (over, out, or up) give. lay out. outlay. pay. shell out. spend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of expend in a Sentence.
to use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money: They expend all their energy fixing up their house. (Definition of expend from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
EXPEND Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com. expend. [ ik- spend ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work. Synonyms: empty, consume. to pay out; disburse; spend. expend. / ɪkˈspɛnd / verb. to spend; disburse. to consume or use up.
The verb expend means to spend or pay out. You can expend money, but you can also expend things like good will and time. As a voter, you can vote for or against the city's plan to expend money on a new library building, but the city may be expending voter willingness to support the plan if the building goes over the budget.
To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. [ formal ] Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.
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 .]
