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expend
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expend? (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sp?nd/, /?k?sp?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
- (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- If my death might make this island happy […]
- I would expend it with all willingness.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
Related terms
- expenditure
- expense
- expensive
Translations
See also
- expent
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shrinkage
English
Etymology
shrink +? -age
Pronunciation
Noun
shrinkage (countable and uncountable, plural shrinkages)
- The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
- The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
- (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
- 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
- Do women know about shrinkage?
- 2006 Steve Gerali, Teenage Guys: Exploring Issues Adolescent Guys Face and Strategies to Help Them, Zondervan, p63
- This is why guys experience "shrinkage" after they've been swimming.
- 2008 Anthony William Brownless, Billy's Book for Blokes, Allen & Unwin
- That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.
- 2010 Fran Capo, Art Zuckerman & Susan Zuckerman, "Polar Bear Clubs," It Happened in New York City: Remarkable Events That Shaped History, Globe Pequot, p51
- And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage?!"
- 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
Anagrams
- kashering, reshaking
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