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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 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
expending
n : the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expenditure]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
expending
n.
expenditure
vb.
(present participle of en expend nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
expending
n.
expenditure
vb.
(present participle of en expend nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
expending
n.
expenditure
vb.
(present participle of en expend nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
expending
n.
expenditure
vb.
(present participle of en expend nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
expending
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm e xpend ing)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Expending /ɛkspˈɛndɪŋ/ الإنفاقFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
expending /ɛkspˈɛndɪŋ/ vydávající prostředkyFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
expending /ɛkspˈɛndɪŋ/
aufbrauchend, verbrauchend
"You will only lose weight by expending more calories than you take in." - Man nimmt ab, wenn man mehr Kalorien verbraucht als man zu sich nimmt.
see: expend sth., expended, expend funds on sth.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]expending /ɛkspˈɛndɪŋ/ aufwendend see: expend sth., expended, expend time/effort/energy on sth.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˌɛkˈspɛndɪŋ/