spend

[ spend ]

/ spɛnd /

verb (used with object), spent, spend·ing.

to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.

to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding: Don't spend much time on it.

to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.: We spent a few days in Baltimore.

to use up, consume, or exhaust: The storm had spent its fury.

to give (one's blood, life, etc.) for some cause.

verb (used without object), spent, spend·ing.

to spend money, energy, time, etc.

Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.

Origin of spend

1125–75; Middle English spenden, continuing Old English -spendan (in āspendan, forspendan to spend entirely or utterly) < West Germanic < Latin expendere to pay out, expend; compare German spenden

SYNONYMS FOR spend

1 Spend, disburse, expend, squander refer to paying out money. Spend is the general word: We spend more for living expenses now. Disburse implies expending from a specific source or sum to meet specific obligations, or paying in definite allotments: The treasurer has authority to disburse funds. Expend is more formal, and implies spending for some definite and (usually) sensible or worthy object: to expend most of one's salary on necessities. Squander suggests lavish, wasteful, or foolish expenditure: to squander a legacy.

2 use, apply, devote.

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ANTONYMS FOR spend

1 earn, keep.

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OTHER WORDS FROM spend

an·ti·spend·ing, adjective un·der·spend, verb, un·der·spent, un·der·spend·ing. un·spend·ing, adjective

Words nearby spend

spemann, spence, spencer, spencer gulf, spencerian, spend, spendable, spender, spending money, spends, spendthrift

Example sentences from the Web for spending

At the same time, campaigns are spending less while the special-interest groups are spending more.

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I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.

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His claim that taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for each detainee rates True.

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Similar language has been included in spending bills since 1987.

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It did not particularly appeal to Havel, who was spending the week at Hrádeček.

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"I fear that the spending of thousands can do no good," said Mr. Low.

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There are some pleasant things about this way of spending a lifetime, but there are no easy ones.

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Spending money on a farm is like other forms of vice,—hated, then tolerated, then embraced.

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Spending there a couple of days, they left; six men on the last day having gone up the bay in a canoe without finding its head.

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He's taken to drink, and is spending in wickedness the money his father left him.

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British Dictionary definitions for spending

spend

/ (spɛnd) /

verb spends, spending or spent

to pay out (money, wealth, etc)

(tr) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc

(tr) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc

(tr) to use up completely the hurricane spent its force

(tr) to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause

(intr) obsolete to be used up or exhausted

spend a penny British informal to urinate

noun

an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent

Derived forms of spend

spendable, adjective

Word Origin for spend

Old English spendan, from Latin expendere; influenced also by Old French despendre to spend, from Latin dispendere; see expend, dispense

Idioms and Phrases with spending

spend

see pocket (spending) money.

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spend

verb (used with object), spent, spend·ing.

verb (used without object), spent, spend·ing.

Origin of spend

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British Dictionary definitions for spending

verb spends, spending or spent

noun

Derived forms of spend

Word Origin for spend

Idioms and Phrases with spending

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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spend

verb (used with object), spent, spend·ing.

verb (used without object), spent, spend·ing.

Origin of spend

SYNONYMS FOR spend

ANTONYMS FOR spend

OTHER WORDS FROM spend

Words nearby spend

Words related to spending

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verb spends, spending or spent

noun

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