单词 | expending |
释义 | expending, vbl. n.|ɛkˈspɛndɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. expend: now only gerundial (const. of). Formerly occas.: Expenditure; consideration; consumption.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. xi. Z ij b, This moch haue I learned by the expending and waying of the text. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xx. (1634) 745 Money, which they waste upon mad prodigall expendings. 1605Bp. Hall Medit. & Vows ii. §27 If my money were another mans, I could but keepe it; onely the expending showes it my own. 1610― Apol. Brownists §11 The holy expending of Sabbath daies appointed. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 11 We likewise had fresh Beef for present expending plenty enough. |

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