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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 time, effort, or money: You expend so much effort for so little return. expend something on something Governments expend a lot of resources on war. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Using and misusing. adoption. avail yourself of something. be/go heavy on something idiom. exhaust. give/allow something full play idiom.
The meaning of EXPEND is to pay out : spend. How to use expend in a sentence. to pay out : spend; to make use of for a specific purpose : utilize; also : use up…
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)
verb (used with object) to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work. Synonyms: empty, consume. to pay out; disburse; spend. Discover More. Other Words From. ex·pend er noun. o ver·ex·pend verb. pre ex·pend verb (used with object) un ex·pend ed adjective. well -ex·pend ed adjective. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
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.
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.
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 .]
