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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drop, spend |
| Type of | pay |
| Has types | afford, underspend, nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch, piddle, piddle away, place, put, run through, save, squander, trifle, trifle away, use up, wanton, wanton away, ware, waste, wipe out, blow, commit, consume, deplete, eat, eat up, economise, economize, exhaust, invest, lay out, misspend |
| Derivation | expender, expending, expenditure, expensive |
Examples of expend
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They expend a lot of mental energy, not only physical energy, during the season.
From the guardian.co.uk
That's why there's no need for you to expend any effort considering it yourself.
From the infowars.com
For my part, I admit that I've cut back on the effort I expend concerning Palin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's late in the season and far too cold to expend a lot of energy on foraging.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yields may decline if cereals expend too much energy making their own fertiliser.
From the newscientist.com
Proposition to create a capital reserve fund and expend a capital reserve fund.
From the timesunion.com
The simple answer is that we are eating more calories than we are able to expend.
From the kentucky.com
You expend a lot of energy making sure that change doesn't happen in your life.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Depending on workouts, they can expend roughly 2,500 to 4,500 calories per day.
From the boston.com
- Use: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
- Spend: pay out; "spend money"
- (expending) the act of spending money for goods or services
- In business, retail, and accounting, a cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something, and hence is not available for use anymore. In economics, a cost is an alternative that is given up as a result of a decision. ...
- To consume or exhaust some resource; To spend or disburse money
- (expended) Spent; used up; exhausted
- (expended) Term describing outflow of resources or reduction of liabilities associated with receipt of goods or services. Especially used in budgetary accounting, e.g., when an appropriation (q.v.) is expended.
