spend
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.
to spend money, energy, time, etc.
Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.
Origin of spend
1synonym study For spend
Other words for spend
Opposites for spend
Other words from spend
- an·ti·spend·ing, adjective
- un·der·spend, verb, un·der·spent, un·der·spend·ing.
- un·spend·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for spend
/ (spɛnd) /
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
an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent
Origin of spend
1- See also spends
Derived forms of spend
- spendable, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with spend
see pocket (spending) money.
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