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spend⋅er

[spen-der]
–noun
a person who spends, esp. one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see spend, -er 1

Spen⋅der

[spen-der]
–noun
Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.
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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
Spen·der   (spěn'dər)   
British writer whose poetry reflects personal emotional responses to social and political injustices. His works include the collection The Still Center (1939) and Generous Days (1971).
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