expended; expending; expends
1
: to pay out : spend
the social services upon which public revenue is expended—
J. A. Hobson
J. A. Hobson
expender
noun
Examples of expend in a Sentence
Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?
redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house
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The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
This event had a mock battle in which some 6,000 blank rounds were expended.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
And because the market is so volatile, people really don’t want to just expend their money in situations like this.
—Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Nobody expended more political capital in the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest than Mr. Musk, with the possible exception of the candidates.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
This event had a mock battle in which some 6,000 blank rounds were expended.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
And because the market is so volatile, people really don’t want to just expend their money in situations like this.
—Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Nobody expended more political capital in the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest than Mr. Musk, with the possible exception of the candidates.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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