expend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expend	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for expend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expend v use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" Synonym(s): use, expend pay out; "spend money" Synonym(s): spend, expend, drop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expend \Expend"\, 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 .