expend

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪkˈspɛnd/ UK /ɪkˈspɛnd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like expand /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Meanings

1

verb
to spend or use up money, time, or energy

He refused to expend any more effort on a project doomed to fail.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to spend or use up money,... spend use consumedisburseexhaust deplete outlay

Opposites

save conserve hoard accumulate

Word family

Derived forms expendable expenditureexpender

Related forms expense expensive dispend

Etymology

From Latin expendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from ex- ('out') + pendere ('to weigh, pay').

expendere Latin pendere Latin *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Actions & Processes

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# expend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈspɛnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈspɛnd/

## Meanings
1. to spend or use up money, time, or energy

## Examples
- He refused to expend any more effort on a project doomed to fail.

## Synonyms
- spend
- use
- consume
- disburse
- exhaust
- deplete
- outlay

## Antonyms
- save
- conserve
- hoard
- accumulate

## Derived Forms
- expendable
- expenditure
- expender

## Related Forms
- expense
- expensive
- dispend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: expendere
- Root: pendere
- Root: *(s)pend-

## Etymology
From Latin expendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from ex- ('out') + pendere ('to weigh, pay').

## AI Etymology
Expend is from Latin expendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from ex- ('out') + pendere ('to weigh, pay'). Important recorded forms include expendere (Latin), pendere (Latin), and *(s)pend- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to spend or use up money, time, or energy. The wider family includes derived forms such as expendable, expenditure, and expender and related words such as expense, expensive, and dispend.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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