expend

ex·pend  (k-spnd)

tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends

1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend.

2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" George Meredith.

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[Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

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expend

Verb

Formal to spend or use up (time, energy, or money) [Latin expendere to weigh out, pay]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	expend - use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" use abuse, 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 carefully take, 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, drop deplete, 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 rate misspend - spend (money or other resources) unwisely nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possible invest, 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 inefficiently misspend - spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth"

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expend

verb 1. use (up), employ, go through (informal) exhaust, consume, dissipate

2. spend, pay out, lay out (informal) fork out (slang) shell out, disburse

Translations

expend [ɪkˈspɛnd] vt → gastar (= use up); consumir

expend [ɪkˈspɛnd] vt → consacrer (= use up); dépenser

expend [ɪksˈpɛnd] vt → ausgeben;

(time, energy) → aufwenden

expend [ɪkˈspɛnd] vt → spendere (= use up); consumare

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expend

v expend [ikˈspend]

to use or spend (supplies etc). uitgee, besteeيُنْفِق، يَصْرِفразходвамutratit; spotřebovatbruge; anvendeausgebenαναλώνω, ξοδεύωgastar, emplearkulutamaمصرف کردن؛ خرج کردنkäyttäädépenserלְהוֹצִיאव्यय करनाpotrošiti, upotrijebiti(fel)használmenggunakaneyða, notaconsumare費す(...에) 소비하다išleisti, išeikvotiiztērēt; izdotmenggunakanverbruikenbruke (opp), anvende, forbrukezużywaćdispender/gastara cheltuiрасходоватьminúťporabititrošitianvända, förbruka, lägga utจ่ายkullanmak使用, 消費витрачатиخرچ کرناtiêu dùng使用（或支出）

n exˈpenditure [-tʃə]

the act of spending the expenditure of money and resources; His expenditure(s) amounted to $500.uitgawe, onkosteإنْفاق، مَصْروفразходspotřeba; útrataforbrug; udgiftdie Ausgabe, der Verbrauchδαπάνηgastokulutamine, väljaminekهزینه؛ مصرفkuluttaminen, menotdépensesהוֹצָאָהव्यय, खर्चizdaci, troškovikiadáspengeluarannotkun, eyðsla, útgjöldconsumo; spesa支出지출eikvojimas, išlaidosizdevumi; patēriņšbelanjauitgaveforbruk, utgift(er)wydatkigastocheltuieliрасход(ование)spotrebovanie; výdavkyporabatrošakförbrukande, förbrukning, utlägg, utgiftการใช้จ่ายharcama支出використання, витрачанняاخراجاتsự tiêu dùng支出

n exˈpense [-s]

1 the spending of money etc; cost I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.uitgawesمَصاريف، نَفَقَهразноскиvydáníudgiftdie Unkosten (pl.)έξοδοgastokulu(d)هزینهkustannuksetfraisהוֹצָאָהलागतtrošakköltségbiayakostnaðurspesa, costo費用지출išlaidos, kainaizdevumimembelanjakostenutgift, kostnad, omkostningwydatek, kosztdespesacheltuireрасходvýdavkyizdatektrošakutläggค่าใช้จ่ายmasraf花費витратиادایگی رقمphí tổn花费

2 a cause of spending What an expense clothes are!onkosteسَبَب للمَصْروفразходzdroj výdajůudgiftdie Ausgabeδαπάνη,έ ξοδοmotivo de gastoväljaminekموجب هزینه؛ مایه خرجmenoeräcause de dépenseהוֹצָאוֹתखर्चीलाtrošak, izdatakkiadásmakan biayakostnaðurspesa物いり지출의 원인išlaidų reikalaujantis/brangiai atsieinantis daiktasizdevumimemakan belanjauitgaveutgiftwydatekdespesacheltuialăрасходvýdavkyizdatektrošakutgift, kostnadการใช้masraf kaynağı費錢之物стаття витратکسی کام کم مصارفnguyên nhân của sự tiêu tiền费钱之物

n pl exˈpenses [-siz]

money spent in carrying out a job etc His firm paid his travelling expenses.kosteنَفَقات، مَصاريفразходиvýlohyudgift; -udgift; omkostning; -omkostningdie Spesenέξοδα (πληθ.)gastoskuludمخارجkustannuksetfraisהוֹצָאוֹתखर्चtroškoviköltségekbiayaútgjöldspese経費경비išlaidosizdevumiperbelanjaanonkostenutgifter, diettkosztadespesascheltuieliрасходыnákladystroškitroškoviomkostnaderค่าใช้จ่ายในการทำงานให้สำเร็จลุล่วงmasraflar費用витратиکسی کام کے اخراجاتcông tác phí费用

adj exˈpensive [-siv]

costing a great deal expensive clothes.duurثَمين، غالٍскъпnákladnýdyr; kostbarteuerακριβόςcarokallisگرانkallischerיָקָרमहंगाskupodrágamahaldÿr; kostnaðarsamurcostoso, caro高価な값비싼brangusdārgsmahalduurdyr, kostbarkosztownydispendiososcumpдорогостоящийdrahýdragskupdyrแพงpahalı昂貴的дорогийمہنگاđắt tiền昂贵的

at the expense of

1 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.prys betaalعلى نَفَقَة، على حِسابза сметка наna útraty; na úkorfor egen regning; på bekostning afauf Kosten vonαπό την τσέπη κπ., σε βάρος κπ.a costa de(kellegi) kulul, (millegi) hinnagaبه حساب؛ به قیمتjonkin kustannuksellaaux frais de; aux dépens deהוֹצָאוֹתकी कीमत परvlastiti trošakvki költségéreatas biayaá kostnaða spese di; a capito di～の負担で...의 비용으로, ...을 희생시켜kieno nors sąskaitauz kāda/kaut kā rēķinasehingga menjejaskanop kosten van, ten koste vanpå bekostning avna koszt, kosztemà custa depe cheltuiala; cu preţulценой чего-л.na účet; na úkorna stroške; za cenona računpå bekostnad avเป็นค่าใช้จ่าย...-in hesabına; pahasına以...為犧牲；以...為代價за чийсь рахунокکسی کے خرچ پرgiá phải trả以...为牺牲；以...为代价

2 making (a person) appear ridiculous He told a joke at his wife's expense.ten koste vanعلى حِساب، سُخْرِيَةً منна гърба наna účetpå bekostning afauf Kosten vonσε βάρος κπ.a costa de(kellegi) kululباعث خندیدن به کسی شدنjonkin kustannuksellaaux dépens deעַל חֶשבּוֹן-की कीमत परna tuđi računvki, vmi rovásáramemperolokkaná kostnað e-sa scapito～をだしにして...을 구실삼아, ...에게 폐를 끼치고pajuokdamas kąpasmejoties parmempersendakanten koste vanpå noens bekostningkosztemà custa de/contra?pe seamaна чей-л. счётna účetna računna računpå ngns bekostnadทำให้น่าขันgülünç düşürerek取笑某人，嘲弄з приводуکسی کے نقصان پرlàm ai mất uy tín取笑某人，嘲弄