Word

expend, v.
(expended, expending, expends)
freq. cnt. 9

use up, consume fully
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7

expend use

sample sentences

"The legislature expended its time on school questions"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the money

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the money

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

also see

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

abuse, pervert, misuse abuse spare take, occupy, use up waste, blow, squander

entailment

use up, exhaust, eat up, run through, wipe out, consume, eat, deplete

pay out
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 39 freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

drop expend spend

sample sentences

"spend money"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
They %s money on their grandchild
They %s the money

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

spending spender

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expensive expenditure expending expender expenditure

semantic pointers

hyponym

use up, exhaust, eat up, run through, wipe out, consume, eat, deplete consume, squander, waste, ware afford blow wanton, wanton away, trifle away underspend misspend penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime invest, put, commit, place save, economize, economise lay out piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle misspend

hypernym