Expend and Squander

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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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Squander is a synonym for expend in bestow topic. In some cases you can use "Squander" instead a verb "Expend", when it comes to topics like lavish, spent.

Nearby Words: expensive, expense, expendable, expending

Squander

Squander verb - To use up carelessly.

Usage example: squandered all her money gambling in casinos

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Expend is a synonym for squander in use up topic. You can use "Expend" instead a verb "Squander", if it concerns topics such as activity, bestow, waste, spent.

Nearby Words: squandering, squandered, squanderer

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Common collocations

energy	expend energy	squander energy
power	expend power	squander power
amount	expend amount	squander amount
time	expend time	squander time
Other words: lives.

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