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Definition of Expend

Expend
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.
Expend
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 .

Meaning of Expend from wikipedia

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- in close-quarters combat once the weapon's single projectile had been expended. The term buffaloing is do****ented as being used in the Wild West originally...
- and monetary costs ****ociated with m****ive endeavours such as war that expend both. Searching for hidden treasure is a common theme in legend; treasure...
- A limited war is one in which the belligerents do not expend all of the resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military...
- free dictionary. Lazy is the adjective for laziness, a lack of desire to expend effort. It may also refer to: Lazy (band), a ****anese rock band Lazy Lester...
- making the lead ship a combination of template and prototype, rather than expending resources on a prototype that will never see actual use. Ship classes...
- with natural buoyancy need not expend much energy maintaining vertical position, some will naturally sink and must expend energy to remain afloat. Drag...
- scaling ladder against a defended fortification, or a rearguard, to be expended to save a retreating army, where the risk of casualties is high. Such men...
- with prolonged exposure to stresses such as social discrimination by expending high levels of effort, which results in ac****ulating physiological costs...