American English pronunciation

How to pronounce expend

IPA transcription: [ɪks'pɛnd]

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Verb

  • pay out

    “spend money”

  • use up, consume fully

    “The legislature expended its time on school questions”

Usage examples

  • Great Britain would agree to reduce public expenditures and reduce taxes.
  • The Court did not, however, uphold limits on independent expenditures.
  • Of eight torpedoes expended during these actions, all missed their targets.
  • If so, real expenditure on physical capital and durable consumer goods can be affected.
  • Examples of discretionary costs are advertising, machine maintenance, and research and development expenditures.
  • The financial affairs of the university, its receipts and expenditures, were put in order.
  • To estimate energy expenditure from the exhaled gases, several algorithms were developed.
  • Health economists evaluate multiple types of financial information: costs, charges and expenditures.
  • He instituted immediate economies in Vatican expenditures.
  • Also, serving waterways which freeze over in winter required a high capital expenditure.