expend

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/

Verb

expend (expends, present participle expending; past and past participle expended)

1. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
   • circa 1590 William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:

     If my death might make this island happy […]

     I would expend it with all willingness.

2. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

Related terms

• expenditure
• expense
• expensive

Translations

• Italian: spendere

Translations

• French: dépenser
• Italian: spendere

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