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expend
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPEND
1
to hand over or use up in payment <redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house>
Related Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste
2
to make complete use of <settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter>
Related Words abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduce; eat, use; bankrupt, clean (out), impoverish; cripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weaken; dry up, empty; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste
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