expends
Drains the reserves
Expends means uses up or spends, typically referring to resources, energy, or effort.
The word carries a formal or bureaucratic tone: The project expends considerable resources, She expends too much energy worrying.
Government and business contexts favor expend over simpler alternatives like spend or use.
Uses until gone
- usesEmploys or applications
- consumesTakes in completely
- allocatesDistributes for specific purposes
- budgetsPlanned expense limits
spends · exhausts · drains · invests · commits · dedicates · devotes · distributes
depletes
Uses until gone
budgets · spends · exhausts · drains · invests · commits · dedicates · devotes · distributes · dispenses
exerts
Applies with effort
burns · consumes · uses · saps · fatigues · tires · wears · strains · taxes · spends
exerts
Applies with effort
dedicates · commits · puts forth · channels · directs · focuses · concentrates · labors · toils · strives
- 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
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