One meaning of "expend" is use up, deplete.
This reference from the OED is chilling:
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva (1854) i. ii. 14 After the expense of about fourteen men upon it, the design was given over.
One meaning of "expend" is use up, deplete.
This reference from the OED is chilling:
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva (1854) i. ii. 14 After the expense of about fourteen men upon it, the design was given over.