expend

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

use up, consume fully

The legislature expended its time on school questions

pay out

spend money

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	also see	Related & opposite	wipe out
1	derivation	Related & opposite	using up
1	derivation	Related & opposite	economic consumption
1	entails	Related & opposite	wipe out
1	hyponym	Types & categories	abuse
1	hyponym	Types & categories	abuse
1	hyponym	Types & categories	spare
1	hyponym	Types & categories	take
1	hyponym	Types & categories	waste
2	derivation	Related & opposite	spending
2	derivation	Related & opposite	expending
2	derivation	Related & opposite	disburser
2	derivation	Related & opposite	expenditure
2	derivation	Related & opposite	expensive
2	hypernym	Types & categories	pay
2	hyponym	Types & categories	wipe out
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ware
2	hyponym	Types & categories	afford
2	hyponym	Types & categories	blow
2	hyponym	Types & categories	trifle away
2	hyponym	Types & categories	underspend
2	hyponym	Types & categories	misspend
2	hyponym	Types & categories	nickel-and-dime
2	hyponym	Types & categories	invest
2	hyponym	Types & categories	economise
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lay out
2	hyponym	Types & categories	trifle
2	hyponym	Types & categories	misspend