Definition of expend

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Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..

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Outlay :: Outlay (n.) A laying out or expending.
Kilogrammetre :: Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris..
Sumptuosity :: Sumptuary (a.) Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
Outgo :: Outgo (n.) That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income..
Book :: Book (n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc..
Erogate :: Erogate (v. t.) To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend..
Expenditure :: Expenditure (n.) The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement..
Stress :: Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..
Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..
Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..
Expensive :: Expensive (a.) Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish..
Expending :: Expending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expen.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Spending :: Spending (n.) The act of expending; expenditure.
Fool-largesse :: Fool-largesse (n.) Foolish expenditure; waste.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
Efficiency :: Efficiency (n.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..
Lavish :: Lavish (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise..
Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..
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