Expand \Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Spawn}.] 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. --Milton.
2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to {contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.
Expand \Ex*pand"\, v. i. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. --Dryden.
Great Lakes Bancorp said it has formed a mortgage-banking unit to expand its residential mortgage-loan business into the northern suburbs of Detroit.
For Toronto-based Labatt, the acquisition underlines the company's determination to expand beyond its core brewing interests.
Proceeds from the sales charge will be used to expand shareholder services, he said.
Big printers have made major capital investments in satellite and printing technologies, enabling them to expand far beyond Manhattan's Varick Street, the area which is to printers what Madison Avenue is to advertising firms.
"I am very angry," said a rival U.S. tobacco company executive, who has worked to expand his company's sales and market share.
Next week, the Treasury will unveil the most ambitious plan for restructuring the banking system since the New Deal, a proposal to shore up the deposit-insurance fund, streamline regulation and expand bank powers.
"Hardee's has found a way to expand its presence without diluting its penetration," said Daniel R. Lee, an analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. in New York, who called the deal a brilliant move.
Under Sanborn, Conrail had been expected to try to expand into such areas as hauling waste and already is carrying compacted refuse from northern New Jersey and the New York City area to eastern Ohio.
The ratings firm metered only about 1,000 homes in the New York area, but was planning to expand nationally.
Yani who uses traditional Chinese brush and ink technique to paint animals, especially monkeys, but said she plans to expand her artwork and concentrate on humans.
In the mid-1980s Peugeot began plans to modernize and expand its plant in Sochaux, a nearly 100-year-old facility sandwiched between the outskirts of the city and the river Allan.
General Motors Corp.'s Saturn subsidiary is planning to produce 10 models by 1994 and possibly expand its current one-plant operation, a trade journal said today.
The Senate recommendations also advise Salinas to take advantage of Mexico's strategic location next to the United States to expand trade with Pacific rim countries and Europe.
And the head of the Senate foreign aid panel said no new loans will be guaranteed without a provision that they not be used to expand Jewish settlements in occupied lands.
This is because Securitas intends to distribute its 45 per cent stake to shareholders in what is effectively a demerger. Securitas said its net debt would fall to nil from SKr400m giving it a strong financial base from which to expand.
With an eye on new markets in the Midwest and West, Saks Fifth Avenue will spend $300 million over five years to modernize and expand, the retail fashion chain said.
More than half of the respondents expect business to expand over the next six months, while only 13% see further weakness.
To address the labor shortages, Ms. McCarthy said she believed the industry must create, preserve and expand educational opportunities for people interested in pursuing health-care careers.
Security Pacific has announced its intention to expand its presence in Northern California, where Westamerica is located.
For the past 18 months, new STC management has been hankering to dump ICL as incompatible with plans to expand their strong phone cable and transmission-gear business.
The move toward policy lending is likely to expand the bank's already large influence on China's economic decision-making.
The Cincinnati concern has been seeking to expand its telecommunications expertise into other areas of information services.
MOTOROLA, the US electr-onics group, yesterday announced plans to expand its East Kilbride semiconductor plant in Scotland to make it the biggest of its kind in Europe.
Mulford said some progress had been made in Japanese moves to expand ceilings on individuals' overseas accounts and to allow their use for portfolio investment.
Whirlpool has said it would expand Roper from a maker of ranges into a producer and marketer of a full line of appliances.
But economic data released on Friday suggested that inflation may be abating while the economy continues to expand.
Poco had cited the merger as a chance to expand its operations and achieve a critical mass in some areas of its exploration and development activities.
'It was probably always going to be difficult to float any company associated with PPI,' said an Istanbul banker. A quest was then launched for a minority partner to help Vestel expand its product range in the European market.
The purchase took Clark into another growth sector. The brand had gained a 25 per cent share of the bottled water market in the Scottish grocery sector in six years and was beginning to expand into England.
In order to reach that level, GNP will have to expand at least 1.67% in the three months ending March 31 from the prior quarter, government officials said.