expend

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛnd/, /ɛkˈspɛnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

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

1. (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.

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

Related terms

• expenditure
• expense
• expensive

Translations

to consume resources

• Bulgarian: изразходвам (bg) (izrazhodvam)
• Galician: despender, gastar, consumir
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναλίσκω (analískō)

• Ido: spensar (io)

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

to spend money

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

• Galician: despender, gastar
• Ido: spensar (io)
• Italian: spendere (it)

See also

• expent