Ex·pend v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
If my death might make this island happy . . .
I would expend it with all willingness. --Shak.
expending
n : the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expenditure]