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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Expend

/ĭk-spĕnd'/ · Ex·pend · IPA /ɪkˈspɛnd/
01 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 …
imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending
  1. 1.
    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.
    “If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it with all willingness.” — Shak.
02 v. i. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  1. 1.
    To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  2. 2.
    To pay out or disburse money.
    “They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend.” — Macaulay.