Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun expending

1 sense of expending

Sense 1
expending, expenditure -- (the act of spending money for goods or services)
       => spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay -- (the act of spending or disbursing money)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb expend

2 senses of expend

Sense 1
use, expend -- (use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions")

Sense 2
spend, expend, drop -- (pay out; "spend money")
       => pay -- (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please")