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.

ANTONYMS FOR spend

1 earn, keep.

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 spends

But throughout it all, Ryan learns the true meaning of the holidays and spends it with family.

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We see the effects of a state that spends more money per capita on prisons than it does on education.

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The Economist has calculated that it spends $170 billion annually in the United States alone.

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They feed the mind, to be sure, but also help him get through the interminable hours he spends on planes.

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The Queen is still in Scotland, where she spends her summer holiday.

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To that end he spends a large part of his time in scheming how to get rid of all the other tints.

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Do you think I'm going off and hide in a hole, while she spends his money and plays the princess up and down the Avenue?

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He, therefore, who spends longer time on his way to death does not proceed at a more leisurely pace, but goes over more ground.

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It spends its winter in the southern states and southward, returning north in March and April.

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Have you ever noticed how much time she spends in getting a book into what to her is the exact class and place?

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British Dictionary definitions for spends (1 of 2)

spends

/ (spɛndz) /

pl n

Lancashire dialect a child's pocket money

British Dictionary definitions for spends (2 of 2)

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 spends

spend

see pocket (spending) money.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

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

Example sentences from the Web for spends

British Dictionary definitions for spends (1 of 2)

pl n

British Dictionary definitions for spends (2 of 2)

verb spends, spending or spent

noun

Derived forms of spend

Word Origin for spend

Idioms and Phrases with spends

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

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 spends

Example sentences from the Web for spends

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pl n

British Dictionary definitions for spends (2 of 2)

verb spends, spending or spent

noun

Derived forms of spend

Word Origin for spend

Idioms and Phrases with spends

British Dictionary definitions for spends (1 of 2)