expend

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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)
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      If my death might make this island happy […]
      I would expend it with all willingness.
    • 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
      To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.

Conjugation

Conjugation of expend
infinitive (to) expend
present tense past tense
1st-person singular expend expended
2nd-person singular expend, expendest† expended, expendedst†
3rd-person singular expends, expendeth† expended
plural expend
subjunctive expend expended
imperative expend —
participles expending expended

†Archaic or obsolete.

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