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Verb: expend  ik'spend or ek'spend
  1. Spend time doing something so that less or no time is left
    "The legislature expended its time on school questions";
    - use
     
  2. Pay out
    "expend money";
    - spend, drop

Derived forms: expended, expends, expending

Type of: pay

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