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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 




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