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expedite v. 1 hasten, rush, hurry, speed or step up, accelerate;
dispatch or despatch: The shipment has been expedited and
should reach you tomorrow. 2 advance, facilitate, promote,
forward, ease, enable: The growing process can be expedited by
adding this chemical.
expedition
n. 1 exploration, journey, voyage, field trip, trip, tour,
excursion; enterprise, undertaking, mission, quest: She went on
an expedition up the Amazon to research herbal medicines. 2
speed, promptness, celerity, alacrity, dispatch or despatch,
haste, rapidity, swiftness, quickness: He was ordered to
complete his chores with expedition.
expeditious
adj. ready, quick, rapid, swift, fast, brisk, speedy, fleet,
efficient, diligent: We made an expeditious passage round Cape
Horn. The problem requires an expeditious solution.
expel v. 1 eject, dislodge, throw or cast out, drive or force out,
evict, put or push out, remove, run (someone) off or out,
displace, dispossess, show the door, suspend, dismiss, let go,
Colloq fire, Brit sack, turf out: They will expel the tenant at
the earliest opportunity. 2 banish, deport, exile, expatriate,
outlaw, maroon; proscribe, ban, bar, debar, dismiss, exclude,
blackball, drum out, cashier, discharge, oust: The leader of
the opposition was expelled from the country. The committee
voted to expel Horace from the club.
expend v. 1 pay out, spend, disburse, use, employ, Slang lay or dish
out, fork or shell out: Reduce the money expended on
entertainment. 2 use up, consume, exhaust, deplete, finish
(off), dissipate, sap, drain: I expended all my energies eking
out a bare living.
expendable
adj. dispensable, disposable, non-essential, inessential or
unessential, unnecessary, replaceable; unimportant,
insignificant: In terms of military strategy, the commando unit
was expendable.
expenditure
n. outlay, outgoings, disbursement, spending, payment, expense,