[verb] [T] - to use or spend (esp. time, effort or money)The council is voting on whether to expend the large amounts of money needed to repair the town hall.After expending all that effort on training to be a doctor, Chris has decided that she wants to do something else.We've expended all our resources.
EXPEND
Meaning of EXPEND in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012