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exhaust
To empty completely; draw off the contents of; drain
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  1. To empty completely; draw off the contents of; drain
  2. To use up completely:
  3. To discuss or treat completely; cover thoroughly:
use up
(Of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
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  1. (Of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (Of time or space) to take or occupy
employ
To provide work to (someone) for pay:
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  1. To provide work to (someone) for pay:
  2. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose:
  3. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy:
pay-out
To repay, take revenge
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  1. To repay, take revenge
  2. To distribute money; to disburse
  3. (Nautical) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
disburse
To pay out, as from a fund; expend.
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  1. To pay out, as from a fund; expend.
  2. (Finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
disburse
(Finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
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  1. (Finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
  2. To pay out; expend
give
To place in the hands of; pass:
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  1. To place in the hands of; pass:
  2. To accord or tender to another:
  3. (Slang) To abandon a claim, fight, etc.; give in or give up
outlay
To spend or disburse (money).
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  1. To spend or disburse (money).
pay
To give (what is due or owed) in return, as for goods or services
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  1. To give (what is due or owed) in return, as for goods or services
  2. To be profitable or worthwhile:
  3. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
spend
To pay out or use up money, etc.
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  1. To pay out or use up money, etc.
  2. To give or devote (time, labor, thought, or effort) to some enterprise or for some purpose
  3. To use up or put out; expend:
consume
To take in as food; eat or drink up.
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  1. To take in as food; eat or drink up.
  2. To spend wastefully; squander (time, energy, money, etc.)
  3. To waste; squander.
drain
To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
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  1. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  2. To become gradually depleted; dwindle:
  3. To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically:
draw down
(Idiomatic) To lower (curtains)
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  1. (Idiomatic) To lower (curtains)
  2. (Idiomatic) To get funding
eat up
(Idiomatic) To consume completely.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To consume completely.
  2. (Idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
exhaust
To discuss or treat completely; cover thoroughly:
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  1. To discuss or treat completely; cover thoroughly:
  2. To deal with, study, or develop completely and thoroughly
  3. To use up completely:
finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
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  1. (Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
  2. (--- Sports) To perform the last maneuver in (an offensive play), scoring a goal.
  3. To give final touches to; embellish or perfect
play out
To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
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  1. To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
  2. To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
  3. (Intransitive) To occur in a certain manner.
spend
To throw away; squander:
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  1. To throw away; squander:
  2. To waste; squander
  3. To wear out; exhaust:
use up
(Of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
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  1. (Of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (Of time or space) to take or occupy
Find another word for expend. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for expend, like: exhaust, use up, employ, pay-out, disburse, write checks for, lay out, consume, spend, disburse and give.

Sentence Examples

  • long) to give north-eastern Bolivia access to the Amazon, and paid down £2,000,000 in cash which Bolivia was to expend on railway construction within her own territory.

  • Even them, he was able to read, if he was willing to expend the effort needed to do so.

  • The Karens and Shans who settle in the plains expend much more care in ploughing and weeding their crops.

  • The Carthusian monks, to whom the monastery was entrusted by the founder, were bound to employ a certain proportion of their annual revenue in prosecuting the work till its completion, and even after 1542 the monks continued voluntarily to expend large sums on further decoration.

  • If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

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