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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
     out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
     Poise, and cf. Spend.]
     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; as, 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.
  
           If my death might make this island happy . . . I would
           expend it with all willingness.          --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
     1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  
     2. To pay out or disburse money.
  
              They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
        .

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  expend
       v 1: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on
            school questions" [syn: use]
       2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, drop]

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Expend
  
  أنفق

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  expend
  
  plaćati, trošiti se

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  expend 
  
  vydat
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  expend 
  
  spotřebovat
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  expend 
  
  vynaložit
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  expend 
  
  utratit
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary :


  expend 
  
  1. व्यय~करना
       "The Parliament expended its time on economic reforms."

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary :


  expend
  
  1. sarf etmek, harcamak. expendable  harcanabilen
  2. (ask.) feda edilebilen.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :


  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "expend":
     ablate, absorb, assimilate, bestow, bleed white, blow, budget,
     burn up, consecrate to, consume, cost, cost out, dedicate to,
     deplete, devote, digest, disburse, disbursement, dish out,
     dispense, dissipate, distribute, drain, drain of resources, eat,
     eat up, employ, erode, exhaust, expenditure, finish, finish off,
     fork out, give, give over to, give to, go, go through, gobble,
     gobble up, impoverish, incur costs, ingest, invest, lay out, lose,
     open the purse, outlay, pass, pay, pay out, put in, put out,
     run through, sap, schedule, shell out, sink money in, spend, spill,
     splurge, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up,
     throw money around, use, use up, wash up, waste, waste away,
     wear away, while, while away, wile

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :


  v. 花费,消耗,支出;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :


     vt. 花费,消耗,支出

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