expend

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To be laid out, used, or consumed. Source: opted

3. v. i. To pay out or disburse money. Source: opted

4. v. use up (resources or materials) Source: wordnet

5. 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. 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed. 2. To pay out or disburse money. They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. Macaulay . Source: webster

6. To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; touse 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 inmechanical operations.If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it withall willingness. Shak. Source: adambom

7. v:100 v use up, consume fully v pay out Source: ecdict

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