Expend
11expend — ex|pend [ıkˈspend] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: expendere to weigh out, pay , from pendere to weigh ] to use or spend a lot of energy etc in order to do something expend energy/effort/time/resources etc ▪ People of different ages… …
12expend — verb (T) expend time/money/resources etc to use or spend a lot of time etc in order to do something: Try not to expend more energy than necessary. | expend sth in/on (doing) sth: A great deal of time and money has been expended on creating a… …
13expend — /əkˈspɛnd / (say uhk spend), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) 1. to use up: to expend all one s energy; to expend time unnecessarily; to expend care on something. 2. to pay out; disburse; spend. {Latin expendere weigh out, pay out} –expender, noun …
14expend — [[t]ɪkspe̱nd[/t]] expends, expending, expended VERB To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. [FORMAL] [V n] Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high energy food than adults …
15expend — UK [ɪkˈspend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms expend : present tense I/you/we/they expend he/she/it expends present participle expending past tense expended past participle expended formal to use time, energy, money etc doing something We ve… …
16expend — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin expendere to weigh out, expend, from ex + pendere to weigh more at spin Date: 15th century 1. to pay out ; spend < the social services upon which public revenue is expended J. A. Hobson > 2.… …
17expend — verb Expend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑calorie, ↑capital, ↑effort, ↑energy, ↑resource …
18expend — verb 1) they had already expended $75,000 Syn: spend, pay out, disburse, dole out, get through, waste, fritter (away), dissipate; informal fork out, dish out, shell out, lay out, cough up, blow, splurge, ante up Ant …
19expend gradually — index conserve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20expend slowly — index conserve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
