2. To pay out or disburse money.

They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend.

Macaulay.

Ex*pend"i*tor (?), n. [LL.] (O. Eng. Law) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers. Mozley & W.

Ex*pend"iture (?), n. 1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest.

Burke.

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