[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who, or that which, expends. Const. of.
1804. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., II. 352/1. The expenders of rents are the most unproductive and useless class of citizens.
1864. H. Spencer, Princ. Biol., I. II. i. § 49. 132. Organisms which are large expenders of force.
1882. G. Allen, Colin Clout’s Calendar, vii. (1883), 40. Flowers are mere expenders of food.
