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(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource) / (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

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expend

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Source Word

expend

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪkˈspɛnd/

Verb

transitive of money rare

(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource) / (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

Japanese Meaning

消費する / 使い果たす / 費やす / 支出する

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The project manager warned the team not to expend all the contingency funds on minor repairs.

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プロジェクトマネージャーは、チームに小さな修理に予備費を全部使い果たさないよう警告した。

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(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt,[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:

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