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What is "expend" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 25-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does expend mean in English? Meaning of expend definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "expend" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "expend": use up, consume fully

Verb

  • Meaning: use up, consume fully
  • Example: The legislature expended its time on school questions
  • Synonyms: expend use
  • Hyponyms: abuse blow misuse occupy pervert spare squander take use up waste
  • Also see: consume deplete eat eat up exhaust run through use up wipe out

    • Meaning of "expend": pay out

    Verb

  • Meaning: pay out
  • Example: spend money
  • Synonyms: drop expend spend
  • Hyponyms: afford blow commit consume deplete eat eat up economise economize exhaust invest lay out misspend nickel-and-dime penny-pinch piddle piddle away place put run through save squander trifle trifle away underspend use up wanton wanton away ware waste wipe out
  • Hypernyms: pay

    • Synonyms:

    consume, dispense, disburse, put out, dissipate, blow, splurge, finish, give, pay, distribute, employ, dish out, foot the bill, go through, lay out, outlay, shell out, use up, ante up, fork out, pay out, spring for, throw money at, wash up,

    Antonyms:

    accumulate, hoard, store, collect, gather, save, keep, maintain, hold,

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    expend in English: expend
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