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spend

[ spend ]

verb (used with object)

spent, spending.
  1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):

    resisting the temptation to spend one's money.

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding:

    Don't spend much time on it.

    Synonyms: , ,

  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)

spent, spending.
  1. to spend money, energy, time, etc.
  2. Obsolete. to be consumed or exhausted.

spend

/ 蝉辫蓻苍诲 /

verb

  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. spend a penny informal.
    to urinate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉辫别苍诲补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍顎卼颈路蝉辫别苍诲顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卍别谤路蝉辫别苍诲顎 verb underspent underspending
  • 耻苍路蝉辫别苍诲顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spend1

First recorded in 1125鈥75; Middle English spenden, continuing Old English -spendan (in 膩spendan, forspendan 鈥渢o spend entirely or utterly鈥), from West Germanic, from Latin expendere 鈥渢o pay out, spend, expend鈥 ( expend ); compare German spenden
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spend1

Old English spendan, from Latin expendere; influenced also by Old French despendre to spend, from Latin dispendere; see expend , dispense
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Idioms and Phrases

see pocket (spending) money .
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Synonym Study

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.
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The mayor鈥檚 spending plan spells out a $4.8-million cut to Animal Services.

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Those who spend time in L.A.鈥檚 juvenile halls welcomed the possibility of Bonta stepping up 鈥 but also questioned why it took so long.

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By the end of March, Mamdani had $8 million from 18,000 donors in his account 鈥 the maximum amount of money a municipal candidate in New York City is allowed to spend on a campaign.

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Trump also urged Congress to pass his tax bill, which includes trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts, but faces opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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