Expend (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Use

Hyponyms

• Spare
• Use Up
• Waste
• Pervert
• Squander
• Abuse
• Take

Related Words

• Expenditure (noun)

Meaning ²

Pay out; "spend money".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Drop
• Spend

Hypernyms

• Pay

Hyponyms

• Wipe Out
• Economise
• Trifle
• Piddle
• Consume
• Exhaust
• Eat
• Wanton
• Blow
• Afford
• Invest
• Place
• Underspend
• Deplete
• Lay Out
• Commit
• Wanton Away
• Trifle Away
• Use Up
• Waste
• Piddle Away
• Misspend
• Ware
• Run Through
• Save
• Penny-pinch

Related Words

• Expending (noun)
• Expensive (adjective)
• Expenditure (noun)
• Expender (noun)