Synonyms for expend
ɪkˈspɛndex·pend

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1. expend

   Synonyms:
   spend, disburse, lay out, waste, consume, use

   Antonyms:
   save, husband, economize

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1. use, expendverb

   use up, consume fully

   "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, habituate, utilise, spend, drop, practice, apply, utilize

2. spend, expend, dropverb

   pay out

   "spend money"

   Synonyms:
   unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, use, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

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1. expendverb

   Synonyms:
   disburse, spend, lay out

2. expendverb

   Synonyms:
   use, employ

3. expendverb

   Synonyms:
   exhaust, consume, waste, dissipate

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1. expendverb

   Synonyms:
   disburse

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1. List of paraphrases for "expend":

   spend, devote

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How to use expend in a sentence?

1. Albert Camus:

   Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

2. Joseph Margulies:

   I just think he is not willing to expend political capital to do it, it's not nearly as important to him as the Iran deal.

3. Supreme Court:

   We decline to expend additional judicial resources and further subject the victims in this case to additional trauma where the questions at hand present nothing more than an academic exercise.

4. Donald Trump:

   The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen.

5. Tom Perez:

   My singular focus until the clock strikes midnight in 2017 is going to be how we build the economy that works for everyone, i've never been a fan of those who have the privilege of doing these jobs expend any iota of time thinking about what they want to do next.