'Expend' definitions:
Definition of 'expend'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Expend'
From: GCIDE
- Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations. [1913 Webster]
- If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it with all willingness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Expend'
From: GCIDE
- Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
- 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pay out or disburse money. [1913 Webster]
- They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay . [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- bestow,
- bleed white,
- blow,
- budget,
- burn up,
- consecrate to,
- consume,
- cost,
- cost out,
- dedicate to,
- deplete,
- devote,
- digest,
- disburse,
- disbursement,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dissipate,
- distribute,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- eat,
- eat up,
- employ,
- erode,
- exhaust,
- expenditure,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fork out,
- give,
- give over to,
- give to,
- go,
- go through,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- impoverish,
- incur costs,
- ingest,
- invest,
- lay out,
- lose,
- open the purse,
- outlay,
- pass,
- pay,
- pay out,
- put in,
- put out,
- run through,
- sap,
- schedule,
- shell out,
- sink money in,
- spend,
- spill,
- splurge,
- squander,
- suck dry,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- throw money around,
- use,
- use up,
- wash up,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- while,
- while away,
- wile