spend

  • 11spend — [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

  • 12spend — [spend] vt. spent, spending [ME spenden < OE spendan (in comp.) < ML spendere < L expendere: see EXPEND] 1. to use up, exhaust, consume, or wear out [his fury was spent] 2. to pay out (money); disburse 3. to give or devote (time, labor,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 13spend — I verb apply, bestow, consume, consumere, contribute, deplete, devote, disburse, dispense, dispose of, donate, drain, employ, empty, exhaust, expend, give, go through, impoverish, incur expense, insumere, invest, lay out money, make expenditure,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 14spend — to pay out or away (money or wealth), O.E. spendan (in forspendan use up ), from L. expendere to weigh out money, pay down (see EXPEND (Cf. expend)). A general Gmc. borrowing (Cf. O.H.G. spendon, Ger., M.Du. spenden, O.N. spenna). In ref. to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15spend — v. expend, disburse, put out (money, resources, etc.); pass the time in a particular manner; use; use up, exhaust; waste, squander …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 16spend- —     spend     English meaning: to offer libation     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ein Trankopfer darbringen; geloben”     Material: Gk. σπένδω “verspreche (Gortyn); bringe ein Trankopfer dar, spende”, Med. ‘schließe einen pact, covenant”; σπονδή… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 17spend — ▪ I. spend spend 1 [spend] verb spent PTandPP [spent] [intransitive, transitive] 1. to use your money to buy or pay for things: • How much do we have to spend? • It is worth spending money on advertising …

    Financial and business terms

  • 18spend — I UK [spend] / US verb Word forms spend : present tense I/you/we/they spend he/she/it spends present participle spending past tense spent UK [spent] / US past participle spent *** Get it right: spend: When you use spend with another verb, to talk …

    English dictionary

  • 19spend — v. 1) (D; tr.) to spend for, on (to spend a lot of money for a new car; to spend a lot on repairs) 2) (D; tr.) to spend in (to spend a great deal of time in studying/ time studying) * * * [spend] on (to spend a lot of money for a new car; to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 20spend — mis·spend; spend; spend·able; spend·er; spend·thrift·i·ness; spend·thrifty; spend·thrift; …

    English syllables