verb (used with object)
- to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work.
- to pay out; disburse; spend.
verb (tr)
- to spend; disburse
- to consume or use up
v.early 15c., from Latin expendere “pay out, weigh out money,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + pendere “to pay, weigh” (see pendant). Related: Expended; expending.