expend

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

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

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

Translations

to consume resources

Bulgarian: изразходвам (bg) (izrazhodvam)
Ido: spensar (io)
Italian: spendere (it)

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

to spend money

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

Ido: spensar (io)
Italian: spendere (it)

See also

expent

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