"expend" meaning in English

See expend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/ Audio: en-us-expend.ogg Forms: expends [present, singular, third-person], expending [participle, present], expended [participle, past], expended [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], expend [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{bor|en|la|expendō||I weigh; I pay out}} Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”), {{doublet|en|spend}} Doublet of spend Head templates: {{en-verb}} expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource) Tags: transitive Related terms: expenditure, expense, expensive, expent Translations (to consume resources): ἀναλίσκω (analískō) (Ancient Greek), изразходвам (izrazhodvam) (Bulgarian), dépenser (French), despender (Galician), gastar (Galician), consumir (Galician), felhasznál (Hungarian), elhasznál (Hungarian), felél (Hungarian), kimerít (Hungarian), spensar (Ido), spendere (Italian), 消耗する (shōmō suru) (alt: しょうもうする) (Japanese), whakapau (Maori), whakatange (Maori), whakaporo (Maori), whakapeto (Maori), förbruka (Swedish), lägga ner (Swedish) Translations (to spend money): харча (harča) (Bulgarian), elspezi (Esperanto), dépenser (French), despender (Galician), gastar (Galician), költ (Hungarian), fordít (Hungarian), ráfordít (Hungarian), kiad (Hungarian), spensar (Ido), spendere (Italian), expender (Spanish), despender (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to consume resources",
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          "sense": "to spend money",
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          "sense": "to spend money",
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          "sense": "to spend money",
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          "sense": "to spend money",
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      "sense": "to spend money",
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      "sense": "to spend money",
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      "sense": "to spend money",
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