expend
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
- (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- If my death might make this island happy […]
I would expend it with all willingness.
- 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
- To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of expend
| infinitive | (to) expend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | expend | expended | |
| 2nd-person singular | expend, expendest† | expended, expendedst† | |
| 3rd-person singular | expends, expendeth† | expended | |
| plural | expend | ||
| subjunctive | expend | expended | |
| imperative | expend | — | |
| participles | expending | expended | |
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to consume resources
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to spend money
See also[edit]
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