English Dictionary
Definition of “expend”
expend (ɪkˈspɛnd
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to spend; disburse
- to consume or use up
Alternative Forms
exˈpender noun Word Origin
C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh
Usage examples
We expend considerable time and effort in selection in order to ensure both functional and cultural fitment.
Business Today (1998)Yet Premier Peter Beattie, perhaps unwilling to expend political capital on a fight which would anger rural constituents, refuses to budge.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)Langer should use those examples to make sure his players do not expend all their energy by Saturday night.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)In a sense, workers must be bribed to expend effort through the payment of a wage.
Henry, John F, The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
