Phrases. (Obsolete in a–d.) to lay on load: to deal heavy blows (occasionally to lay load aboutor about one); figurative to speak with emphasis or…

intransitive. To be lavish. To be profuse in expense; to plunge into (excess). Also to lavish it. Obsolete.

to bring one's noble to ninepence and variants: to behave with wasteful extravagance. Now rare (English regional in later use).

to lay (it) on: †(a) to be lavish in expense (obsolete); (b) to pile on the charge for goods, etc.

transitive. To spend (money) in excess, beyond one's means or needs, beyond a budgeted limit, etc. Frequently in passive.

colloquial. intransitive. To spend money recklessly; to run into debt; to speculate or gamble large sums.

colloquial. To spend (money) extravagantly or ostentatiously. Frequently const. adverbs, esp. in to splash (money) out on (something). Also absol.

To spend money extravagantly. Frequently const. on. Also transitive.