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1) to use up money, time etc (expend)

2) to pay out (money) for goods, services etc; to use up (time, energy etc) (spend)

3) to use up (time, money, an opportunity etc) carelessly (squander)

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Meaning:
deplete

to use up, empty, (supplies etc) until little or none remains

consume, exhaust supply

devour

to eat (food, a meal) hungrily or greedily

swallow, consume

dissipate

(to cause fears, a bad smell, smoke etc) to go away gradually

expend, spend

employ

to give work to (a person) for payment

make use of

exhaust

(a pipe in an engine or machine for) gas, steam, vapour etc that is no longer wanted

tire or wear out

expend

to use up money, time etc

exhaust; spend

lose

to have (something) no longer because of accident, theft, carelessness etc

be deprived of; mislay

spend

to pay out (money) for goods, services etc; to use up (time, energy etc)

give, pay out

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