Expend and Risk

Expend

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

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

Risk

Risk verb - To take a chance on.

Expend and risk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expend" instead a verb "Risk".

Nearby Words: risky, risked, riskiness, risking

Common collocations

power expend power risk power
men expend men risk men
deal expend deal risk deal
time expend time risk time
Other words: money, lives.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / The Holocaust Most famously, the tiny southern French village of Le Chambon, populated by devout Huguenots under the leadership of a charismatic and exceptionally goodly priest, took it upon themselves to expend their life savings and risk their lives hiding and providing for 5,000 Jews.
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