expend

tr.v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.

1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See synonyms at spend.
2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" (George Meredith).

[Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh.]

verb

1. To distribute (money) as payment: disburse, give, lay out, outlay, pay (out), spend. Informal fork out (or over) (or up), shell out. See save/waste.
2. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. Informal polish off. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: exhaust; spend
Antonyms: hold, keep, save

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IN BRIEF: To use up.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. — Albert Camus (1913-1960).

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bruge, anvende, opbruge

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgeven, besteden, opmaken, rondom een mast winden (zeevaart)

Français (French)
v. tr. - consacrer, employer (à qch, à faire), dépenser (de l'argent) (pour qch), épuiser (des ressources)

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufwenden, ausgeben, verwenden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δαπανώ, ξοδεύω, εξαντλώ, καταβάλλω (κόπους κ.λπ.), αφιερώνω, διαθέτω (χρόνο)

Italiano (Italian)
spendere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gastar, consumir

Русский (Russian)
расходовать, тратить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - gastar, desembolsar, derrochar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förbruka, använda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
花费, 支出, 消耗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 花費, 支出, 消耗

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 쓰다, 둥근 재목 따위에 감다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 費やす, 使い果たす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستهلك, ينفق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביזבז, כילה, הוציא‬

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