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third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended
(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource) quotations examples
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]
(transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse quotations
To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.
1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416