expend

expend

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)

1. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:

     If my death might make this island happy […]

     I would expend it with all willingness.

2. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

Translations

to consume resources

Bulgarian: изразходвам (bg) (izrazhodvam) Galician: despender, gastar, consumir Greek: Ancient: ἀναλίσκω (analískō) Ido: spensar (io)

Italian: spendere (it) Japanese: 消耗する (しょうもう-する， shōmō-suru) Maori: whakapau, whakatange, whakaporo, whakapeto Swedish: förbruka (sv), lägga ner

to spend money

Bulgarian: харча (bg) (harča) Esperanto: elspezi (eo) French: dépenser (fr)

Galician: despender, gastar Ido: spensar (io) Italian: spendere (it)

See also

• expent