The meaning of EXPEND is to pay out : spend. How to use expend in a sentence.

EXPENDED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of expend 2. to use or spend time, effort, or money: . Learn more.

EXPENDED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of expend 2. to use or spend time, effort, or money: . Learn more.

Synonyms for EXPENDED: consumed, spent, depleted, drained, exhausted, diminished, reduced, lessened; Antonyms of EXPENDED: productive, fruitful, rich, fertile, lush, luxuriant, arable, green

expend something on something Governments expend a lot of resources on war. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: They expend all their energy fixing up …

The verb expend means to spend or pay out. You can expend money, but you can also expend things like good will and time. As a voter, you can vote for or against the city's plan to expend money on a new library building, but the city may be expending voter willingness to support the plan if the building goes over the budget.

Definition of expend verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc. expend something (in/on something) I am not prepared to expend any more effort on this project. expend something in/on doing something Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.

Spent; used up; exhausted. With his hands free, he unfastened the larger flashlight and pointed it downward, trying to find a path level enough to search further, now absent the security of the …

To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high-energy food than adults.

to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc. She expended all her efforts on the care of her home and children. Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim in the courts. Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food. Definition of expend verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.