expend
US: /ɪkˈspɛnd/
UK: /ɛkspˈɛnd/
UK: /ɛkspˈɛnd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
expend /iks'pend/
- ngoại động từ
- tiêu, tiêu dùng (tiền...)
- dùng hết, dùng cạn
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] ~ sth (in / on sb)
~ sth (in / on / doing sth) (formal) to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc: She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children. + Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court. + Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 pay out, spend, disburse, use, employ, Slang lay or dish out, fork or shell out:
Reduce the money expended on entertainment.
2 use up, consume, exhaust, deplete, finish (off), dissipate, sap, drain:
I expended all my energies eking out a bare living.
Concise English dictionary
expends|expended|expendingɪk'spend
verb
+use up, consume fully
+pay out
