Expend
Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Risk
Risk verb - To take a chance on.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust
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