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spendable

[spen-duh-buhl]

adjective

available for spending.

Origin:
1490–1500; spend + -able

Related forms

un·spend·a·ble, adjective

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spend (spɛnd)

—vb , spends, spending, spent
1.	to pay out (money, wealth, etc)
2.	(tr) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc
3.	(tr) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc
4.	(tr) to use up completely: the hurricane spent its force
5.	(tr) to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause
6.	obsolete (intr) to be used up or exhausted
7.	informal (Brit) spend a penny to urinate

—n
8.	an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent

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

'spendable

—*adj*

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