expend
Drain through usage
Expend means to use up or consume, typically resources like money, energy, or effort: The project expended its entire budget in six months.
It carries a slightly formal tone compared to spend, and often implies purposeful allocation toward a goal: She expended considerable effort on the proposal.
What's expended is generally gone—depleted rather than merely deployed.
Greatly reduce supply
allocate · budget · outlay · disburse · funds · capital · reserves · savings
Put into active use
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- striveMake sustained effort
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
struggle · apply · devote · invest · channel · strain · push · sweat
Use up carelessly
- misuseImproper application
- dissipateGradually fade away
- fritterFried batter cake
- blowMove air forcefully
splurge · lavish · misspend · throw away · burn through · deplete · overconsume · profligate
deplete
Greatly reduce supply
use · allocate · budget · outlay · disburse · funds · capital · reserves · savings · treasury
exert
Put into active use
endeavor · struggle · apply · devote · invest · channel · strain · push · sweat · grind
squander
Use up carelessly
blow · splurge · lavish · misspend · throw away · burn through · deplete · overconsume · profligate · prodigal
burn
Damage by heat
exertion · calories · metabolism · fatigue · stamina · endurance · depletion · physical · kinetic · thermal
- living expensesCost of daily life
- at the expense ofHarming to benefit another
- education expensesCosts of formal learning
- spare no expenseSpend without limit
- expense reimbursementRepayment for business outlays
- all expenses paidCosts completely covered
expensive, expense, expenses, inexpensive, expenditure, expenditures, expendable, expended, expending