The planner underestimated the expendabilities of the backup components, treating them all as equally replaceable.

During the budget review, the project lead stressed the expendability of certain roles as a painful but necessary way to reduce costs.

The expender carefully tracked every receipt to justify the project's budget.

The committee reviewed the list of expenders to understand who was responsible for the budget overruns.

The mission leader warned that any broken equipment would be considered expendible during the evacuation.