Expend and Require

Expend

Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.

Require and expend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Require" instead a verb "Expend".

Require

Require verb - To have as a requirement.

Expend and require are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expend" instead a verb "Require".

Common collocations

effort expend effort require effort
energy expend energy require energy
power expend power require power
amount expend amount require amount
Other words: deal, resources, item, time, use, money, blood, magic, fuel, hours, points, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Happy Endings The Slacker: Max, he's unemployed for most of the series, although he does tend to expend a lot of effort in things that really shouldn't require it.
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