spend´er

spend´er: spend «spehnd», verb, spent, spend|ing.

–v.t.

1. to pay out: »She spent ten dollars shopping for food today.

2. to use (labor, material, thought, or some other resource) to some purpose; use: »Spend more time on that lesson. Why do you spend many words and speak in many ways on this subject? (Benjamin Jowett).

3. to pass (as time or one's life) in a particular manner, occupation, or place: »to spend one's spare time reading. We spent last summer at the seashore. All his life had been spent confronting others with the truth about themselves (Morris L. West).

4. to use up; exhaust or consume by use; wear out: »The storm has spent its force. He spends himself in foolish activities.

5. to waste; squander: »He spent his fortune on horse racing.

6. to lose, as for a cause: »To royalize his blood, I spent mine own (Shakespeare).

–v.i.

1. to pay out money: »Earn before you spend.

2. Obsolete. to be exhausted, consumed, or used up: »The sound spendeth, and is dissipated in the open air (Francis Bacon).

╂[Middle English spenden, Old English -spendan, as in forspendan use up < Latin expendere. See etym. of doublet expend. (Cf. ↑expend)]

–spend´er, noun.

Synonym Study transitive verb.1 Spend, expend, disburse mean to pay out money: »She spends all she earns.
Expend is used chiefly of paying out large amounts for definite and serious purposes: »The United States has expended vast sums to strengthen her allies.
Disburse implies the payment from a fund for definite purposes in authorized amounts: »The treasurer reports what he disburses.

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spend — W1S1 [spend] v past tense and past participle spent [spent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3 4¦(force/effort)¦ 5 spend a penny ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Partly from Latin expendere ( EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French … Dictionary of contemporary English
spend — [ spend ] (past tense and past participle spent [ spent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use money to pay for things: How much money did you spend? spend for: This year we will spend more money for medical care. spend something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spend — /spend/ past tense and past participle spent /spent/ verb 1 MONEY (I, T) to use your money to buy or pay for things: spend money/ 5/$10/a lot: I spent so much money this weekend! | spend money etc on sth: More money should be spent on health and… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spend — spend, *expend, disburse can mean to pay out money or an equivalent of money for something or in expectation of some return. Spend is the ordinary term; it may be used regardless of the amount dealt out in the purchase of something {spend a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spend — Spend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 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… … Universalium
spend*/*/*/ — [spend] (past tense and past participle spent [spent] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use money to pay for things How much money did you spend?[/ex] You spend too much on clothes.[/ex] 2) [T] to stay somewhere, or to do something, for a period of time We… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
spend — ► VERB (past and past part. spent) 1) pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services. 2) use or use up (energy or resources); exhaust. 3) pass (time) in a specified way. ► NOUN informal ▪ an amount of money paid out. ● … English terms dictionary
Spend — Spend, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. [1913 Webster] He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — [v1] give, pay out absorb, allocate, ante up*, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up*, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty,… … New thesaurus

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