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spendthrift

[ spend-thrift ]

noun

  1. a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.


adjective

  1. wastefully extravagant; prodigal.

    Synonyms: , ,

spendthrift

/ 藞蝉辫蓻苍诲藢胃谤瑟蹿迟 /

noun

  1. a person who spends money in an extravagant manner
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

adjective

  1. usually prenominal of or like a spendthrift

    spendthrift economies

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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spendthrift1

First recorded in 1595鈥1605; spend + thrift
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spendthrift1

C17: from spend + thrift
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Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.

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And his book also took a decidedly conservative view 鈥 describing them as chronic spendthrifts, dependent on welfare payments and mostly failing to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

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The U.S. government is hardly a spendthrift with arts dollars, but what if it were to pony up for the industry again?

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Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn鈥檛 happening.

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And the frustrations certainly aren鈥檛 new to those fans, who have watched this spendthrift organization reach the postseason just once in the past 22 years.

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