expend

Question 1

expend(v)

expense(n)

expenditure(n)

expensive (adj) * inexpensive(adj)

Answer 1

expend(v) ; TO USE OR SPEND TIME, EFFORT, OR MONEY

• You expend so much effort for so little return
• governments expend a lot of resources on war

expense(n) ; THE USE OF MONEY, TIME OR EFFORT

• Buying a bigger car has proved to be well worth(değer) the expense
• We’ve just had a new garage built at great expense
• We went on holiday at my father’s expense(=he paid for it)
• It’s silly to go to the expense of(=spend money on) buying new clothes when you don’t really need them
• Our biggest expense this year was our summer holiday
• We need to cut down on our expenses

expenditure(n) ; the total amount of money that a government or person spends

• It’s part of a drive to cut government expenditure
• The government’s annual expenditure on arms has been reduced
• The expenditure of effort on this project has been enourmous