Expending

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           If my death might make this island happy . . .
           I would expend it with all willingness.  --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expending
       n : the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: {expenditure}]