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   expend

   /ɪkˈspɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy): "the energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas" Similar spendpay outlay outdisbursedole outget throughgo throughlavishsquanderwastefritter (away)dissipatespend like waterthrow around like confettiinformal:fork outshell outdish outcough upblowsplurgepour/throw down the drainspend money as if it grows on treesspend money as if there were no tomorrowspend money as if it were going out of style/fashionsplash outstump upblueante uppony upuse upuseutilizemake use ofconsumeeat updepletedrainsapexhaustemptyget throughgo throughfinish offOpposite saveconserveconserve

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’. Compare with spend.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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