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expending

expending is the present participle and gerund of expend.

Meaning of expend

Verb

expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)

(transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource).
- If my death might make this island happy […]
  I would expend it with all willingness.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun

expending (plural expendings)

expenditure
- expendings of time and energy

Forms of expending

plural	expendings

Questions about expending

What does expending mean?: Expending means expenditure.
What is expending the present participle and gerund of?: Expending is the present participle and gerund of expend.
What part of speech is expending?: Expending is a noun.
What is the plural of expending?: The plural of expending is expendings.

Words near expending in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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