expend  /ɪksp'ɛnd/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  expend
  (vt.)花費,消耗,支出

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expended}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Expending}.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
     out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
     {Poise}, and cf. {Spend}.]
     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.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
     1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
  
     2. To pay out or disburse money.
  
              They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
        .

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  expend
       v 1: use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on
            school questions" [syn: {use}]
       2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: {spend}, {drop}]