Words Like EXPEND
We have put together a list of words that are similar to EXPEND.
26 Alternative Words Similar to expend
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Misspend
Verb Hyponym
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Underspend
Verb Hyponym
1 examples of expend
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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.
10 definitions of expend
1
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
2
To be laid out, used, or consumed.
3
To pay out or disburse money.
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To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend.
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To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force” ( George Meredith).
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To lay out; disburse; spend; pay out.
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To consume by use; spend in using: as, to expend time, labor, or material; the oil of a lamp is expended in burning; water is expended in mechanical operations; the ammunition was entirely expended.
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To consume or exhaust some resource.