expend

Meanings

• Verb

  Spend money, energy, or time; consume

  - "I will expend a great deal of energy to finish this project."
  - "The company has expended significant resources on research and development."

• Verb

  Spend, disburse, or pay out

  - "The government has expended funds on various social programs."
  - "The company has expended a large sum of money on marketing campaigns."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɛkˈspɛnd/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2650935"

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with expend
spend , lend , commend , extend

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Variants

List of all variants of expend that leads to same result
expend , expended , expender , expenders , expending , expends

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Etymology

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From Old French expendre, from dis-pender 'to spend, disburse, pay out'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'expenditure' comes from the Latin word 'expensa', which means 'spent' or 'expended'.

2. The verb 'expend' is often used in business and finance contexts to describe the spending of money or resources.

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Related Concepts

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1. Budget: A plan for allocating resources, especially money, for a particular purpose.

2. Expenditure: The amount of money or resources spent.

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Culture

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Expend has been used extensively in literature and art to describe the concept of spending resources or energy. In literature, it is often used to depict characters who are extravagant or wasteful, while in art, it is used to convey themes of wealth, luxury, and consumption.

How to Memorize "expend"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine yourself spending money or resources. Visualize the act of disbursing funds or energy.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'expend' with the idea of spending or disbursing resources.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'expend' starts with the letter 'e' and sounds like 'spend'.

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