Acquire and Expend

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Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.
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Antonyms for Acquire
Expend is an antonym for acquire.
Nearby Words: acquisition, acquirement, acquiring, acquirer

Expend

Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house
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Synonyms for Expend
Antonyms for Expend
Acquire is an antonym for expend.
Nearby Words: expensive, expense, expendable, expending
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Common collocations

talent acquire talent expend talent
energy acquire energy expend energy
power acquire power expend power
unit acquire unit expend unit
Other words: treasure, amount, land, parts, resources, item, spell, money, magic, points.
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