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spend

  [spend] ,verb, spent, spend⋅ing.
Use spend in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding: Don't spend much time on it.
3. to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.: We spent a few days in Baltimore.
4. to use up, consume, or exhaust: The storm had spent its fury.
5. to give (one's blood, life, etc.) for some cause.
–verb (used without object)
6. to spend money, energy, time, etc.
7. Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.
Origin:
1125–75; ME spenden, continuing OE -spendan (in āspendan, forspendan to spend entirely or utterly) < WGmc < L expendere to pay out, expend; cf. G spenden

Synonyms:
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:
1. earn, keep.
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spend   (spěnd)   
v.   spent (spěnt), spend·ing, spends

v.   tr.

  1. To use up or put out; expend: spent an hour exercising.

  2. To pay out (money).

  3. To wear out; exhaust: The storm finally spent itself.

  4. To pass (time) in a specified manner or place: spent their vacation in Paris.

    1. To throw away; squander: spent all their resources on futile projects.

    2. To give up (one's time or efforts, for example) to a cause; sacrifice.

v.   intr.

  1. To pay out or expend money.

  2. To be exhausted or consumed.


[Middle English spenden, partly from Old English -spendan (from Latin expendēre, to expend; see expend) and partly from Old French despendre, to weigh out; see dispense.]
spend'a·ble adj., spend'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to pay or give out money or an equivalent: spent eight dollars for a movie ticket; disbursed funds from the account; expended all her energy teaching the class.
Antonym: save1
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

spend

see pocket (spending) money.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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