Definition of expend

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Expend (v. i.) To pay out or disburse money.

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Prudent :: Prudent (a.) Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money..
Exhaustible :: Exhaustible (a.) Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended..
Parsimonious :: Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
Spending :: Spending (n.) The act of expending; expenditure.
Lavish :: Lavish (v. t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise..
Erg :: Erg (n.) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.
Extravagance :: Extravagance (n.) The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands..
Prodigalize :: Prodigalize (v. t.) To expend lavishly.
Save :: Save (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..
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..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life..
Efficiency :: Efficiency (n.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
Outgo :: Outgo (n.) That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income..
Dispend :: Dispend (v. t.) To spend; to lay out; to expend.
Adequacy :: Adequacy (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure..
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..
Saving :: Saving (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy..
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