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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
     out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
     Poise, and cf. Spend.]
     To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use;
     to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations;
     to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to
     expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding
     cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If my death might make this island happy . . .
           I would expend it with all willingness.  --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
     1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To pay out or disburse money.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
        .
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
     out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
     Poise, and cf. Spend.]
     To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use;
     to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations;
     to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to
     expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding
     cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
  
           If my death might make this island happy . . . I would
           expend it with all willingness.          --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
     1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  
     2. To pay out or disburse money.
  
              They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
        .

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  expend
       v 1: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on
            school questions" [syn: use]
       2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, drop]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to consume, exhaust (qualifier: some resource)
     2 (lb en transitive rare of money) to spend, disburse

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  expend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to consume, exhaust (qualifier: some resource)
     2 (lb en transitive rare of money) to spend, disburse

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  expend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to consume, exhaust (qualifier: some resource)
     2 (lb en transitive rare of money) to spend, disburse

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  expend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to consume, exhaust (qualifier: some resource)
     2 (lb en transitive rare of money) to spend, disburse

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expend
     Englanti vb.
     kuluttaa, käyttää rahaa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/
  أنفق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  expend //ɛkˈspɛnd// //ɪkˈspɛnd// 
  1. изразходвам
  to consume resources
  2. харча
  to spend money

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/ 
  spotřebovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/ 
  vydat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/ 
  utratit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/ 
  vynaložit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/ 
  1. व्यय~करना
        "The Parliament expended its time on economic reforms."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/
  plaćati, trošiti se

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  expend //ɛkˈspɛnd// //ɪkˈspɛnd// 
  消耗する
  to consume resources

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  expend /ık'spend/
  išeikvoti, išleisti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  expend /ɪkˈspend/ 
    wydatkować, zużywać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  expend //ɛkˈspɛnd// //ɪkˈspɛnd// 
  förbruka, lägga ner
  to consume resources

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  expend /ɛkspˈɛnd/
  1. sarf etmek, harcamak. expendable  harcanabilen
  2. (ask.) feda edilebilen.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪkˈspɛnd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "expend":
     ablate, absorb, assimilate, bestow, bleed white, blow, budget,
     burn up, consecrate to, consume, cost, cost out, dedicate to,
     deplete, devote, digest, disburse, disbursement, dish out,
     dispense, dissipate, distribute, drain, drain of resources, eat,
     eat up, employ, erode, exhaust, expenditure, finish, finish off,
     fork out, give, give over to, give to, go, go through, gobble,
     gobble up, impoverish, incur costs, ingest, invest, lay out, lose,
     open the purse, outlay, pass, pay, pay out, put in, put out,
     run through, sap, schedule, shell out, sink money in, spend, spill,
     splurge, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up,
     throw money around, use, use up, wash up, waste, waste away,
     wear away, while, while away, wile
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 花费,消耗,支出;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 花费,消耗,支出

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