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(spend)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense spends, present participle spending, past tense, past participle spent
1. verb
When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want.
By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money. [VERB noun]
Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products. [VERB noun verb-ing]
Juventus have spent £23m on new players. [V amount/n + on]
The survey may cost at least £100 but is money well spent. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: pay out, fork out [slang], expend, lay out More Synonyms of spend
spending uncountable noun
Has your spending on food increased?
Government spending is expected to fall.
2. verb
If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it.
Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions. [VERB noun verb-ing]
This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action. [VERB noun verb-ing]
Synonyms: apply, use, employ, concentrate More Synonyms of spend
3. verb
If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
We spent the night in a hotel. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
Synonyms: pass, fill, occupy, while away More Synonyms of spend
4. countable noun
The spend on a particular thing is the amount of money that is spent on it, or will be spent.
[business]
...the marketing and advertising spend.
5.  to spend a penny
More Synonyms of spend

spend in British English

(spɛnd)
verbWord forms: spends, spending or spent
1. 
to pay out (money, wealth, etc)
2. (transitive)
to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc
3. (transitive)
to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc
4. (transitive)
to use up completely
the hurricane spent its force
5. (transitive)
to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause
6. (intransitive) obsolete
to be used up or exhausted
7.  spend a penny
noun
8. 
an amount of money spent, esp regularly, or allocated to be spent
Derived forms
spendable (ˈspendable)
adjective
Word origin
Old English spendan, from Latin expendere; influenced also by Old French despendre to spend, from Latin dispendere; see expend, dispense

spend in American English

(spɛnd)
verb transitiveWord forms: spent or ˈspending
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, thought, or effort) to some enterprise or for some purpose
4. 
to pass (a period of time)
spending hours together
5. 
to waste; squander
verb intransitive
6. 
to pay out or use up money, etc.
7.  Obsolete
to be or become consumed, wasted, etc.
Derived forms
spendable (ˈspendable)
adjective
Word origin
ME spenden < OE spendan (in comp.) < ML spendere < L expendere: see expend

More idioms containing
spend

spend money like water

Examples of 'spend' in a sentence
spend

She regularly spends three hours a night in the bathroom pulling out her hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What is he spending his money on?
The Sun (2012)
The big favourites spent most of the day riding cautiously.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Which group would you pay to spend three months filming in the desert with?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The company was playing with fire yesterday by spending time reassuring investors worried about the dividend.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The poor things have already spent most of their young lives trapped in a classroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He also spent a fair amount of time in deliverance ministry.
Christianity Today (2000)
We planned our calendars so that we could spend as much time together.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It should be followed by a similar exercise in all major spending departments.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We are about to enter a period of much slower growth in public spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He regularly spends his weekends at the office.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The money spent on teaching assistants would be far better spent on improving the quality of teachers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Expect them to spend big again in the summer whether they make the top four or not.
The Sun (2010)
Their working lives will moreover be spent paying off the debts acquired by the generations before them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of their spare time is spent going to football matches or drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Retailers think there are better things to spend money on.
The Sun (2012)
The money would be much better spent on easing the sufferings of the victims of recent conflicts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But he warned that job losses should be phased and delayed until nearer the end of the spending period.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He argues that the company has not been run efficiently and spends excessive amounts on administration and management costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Is there some connection with the rise in Government spending on booze?
The Sun (2009)
They didn't want to spend a lot of money on promoting us.
The Sun (2013)
And the Government must spend the money very well.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Those in the military spent long periods away from home, he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But we spent a lot of time together in Halle.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
spend

British English: spend /spɛnd/ VERB
money When you spend money, you buy things with it.
I have spent all my money.
  • American English: spend
  • Arabic: يُنْفِقُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: gastar
  • Chinese: 花钱
  • Croatian: trošiti
  • Czech: utrácet
  • Danish: bruge
  • Dutch: vt
  • European Spanish: gastar
  • Finnish: kuluttaa
  • French: dépenser
  • German: ausgeben
  • Greek: ξοδεύω
  • Italian: spendere
  • Japanese: 費やす
  • Korean: 돈을 쓰다
  • Norwegian: forbruke
  • Polish: spędzić
  • European Portuguese: gastar
  • Romanian: a cheltui
  • Russian: тратить
  • Latin American Spanish: gastar
  • Swedish: förbruka
  • Thai: ใช้
  • Turkish: harcamak
  • Ukrainian: витрачати
  • Vietnamese: tiêu sử dụng
British English: spend /spɛnd/ VERB
time To spend time or energy is to use it doing something.
She spends hours working on her garden.
  • American English: spend
  • Arabic: يَقْضِي
  • Brazilian Portuguese: passar
  • Chinese: 消耗
  • Croatian: trošiti
  • Czech: vynaložit
  • Danish: bruge
  • Dutch: besteden
  • European Spanish: dedicar
  • Finnish: käyttää
  • French: passerpasser du temps à
  • German: aufwenden
  • Greek: δαπανώ
  • Italian: trascorrere
  • Japanese: 費やす
  • Korean: 들이다
  • Norwegian: bruke
  • Polish: spędzać
  • European Portuguese: despender
  • Romanian: a petrece
  • Russian: потратить
  • Latin American Spanish: dedicarpasar tiempo
  • Swedish: lägga ner
  • Thai: ใช้เวลา
  • Turkish: harcamak
  • Ukrainian: витрачати
  • Vietnamese: sử dụng

Chinese translation of 'spend'

spend

(spɛnd)
Word forms:ptpp spent

vt

  1. [money] 花费(費) (huāfèi)
    ⇒ I spent a hundred pounds on clothes. 我花了100英镑买衣服。 (Wǒ huāle yībǎi yīngbàng mǎi yīfu.)
  2. [time, life] 度过(過) (dùguò)
    ⇒ I have spent all my life in this town. 我在这个镇上度过了一生。 (Wǒ zài zhège zhèn shang dùguòle yīshēng.)
    to spend time/energy on sth 在某事上花时(時)间(間)/精力 (zài mǒushì shang huā shíjiān/jīnglì)
    to spend time/energy doing sth 花时(時)间(間)/精力做某事 (huā shíjiān/jīnglì zuò mǒushì)
    to spend the night in a hotel 在旅馆(館)度过(過)一晚 (zài lǚguǎn dùguò yī wǎn)

All related terms of 'spend'

to spend time
花时(時)间(間) huā shíjiān
I can spend up to £100
我可以花到100英镑(鎊) wǒ kěyǐ huādào yībǎi yīngbàng
to spend one's time doing sth
花时(時)间(間)做某事 huā shíjiān zuò mǒushì
to spend the night in a hotel
在旅馆(館)度过(過)一晚 zài lǚguǎn dùguò yī wǎn
to spend time/energy doing sth
花时(時)间(間)/精力做某事 huā shíjiān/jīnglì zuò mǒushì
to spend time/energy on sth
在某事上花时(時)间(間)/精力 zài mǒushì shang huā shíjiān/jīnglì
he would spend every day on the beach
他以前天天都呆在沙滩(灘)上 tā yǐqián tiāntiān dōu dāi zài shātān shang
1 (verb) 
Definition
to pay out (money)
They have spent £23m on new players.
Synonyms
pay out
fork out (slang)
expend
the amount of money expended on this project so far
lay out
splash out (British, informal)
Can you afford to splash out a little?
shell out (informal)
disburse
The aid will not be disbursed until next year.
Opposites
keep
,
save
,
store
,
invest
,
hoard
,
put aside
,
put by
2 (verb) 
Definition
to concentrate (effort) on an activity
This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.
Synonyms
apply
The government appears to be applying the same principle.
use
Officials used loud-hailers to call for calm.
employ
the approaches and methods we employed in this study
concentrate
invest
When people buy houses they're investing a lot of money.
put in
devote
He decided to devote the rest of his life to music.
lavish
exert
He exerted all his considerable charm to get the board to agree.
bestow
3 (verb) 
Definition
to pass (time) in a specific way or place
We spent the night in a hotel.
Synonyms
pass
The children passed the time playing in the streets.
fill
a widowed father struggling to fill the role of both parents
occupy
The tombs occupy two thirds of the church.
while away
4 (verb) 
Definition
to use up completely
My stepson was spending money like it grew on trees.
Synonyms
use up
waste
We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
squander
He had squandered his chances to win.
blow (slang)
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.
empty
Cross emptied his glass with one swallow.
drain
Deficits drain resources from the pool of national savings.
exhaust
We have exhausted almost all our food supplies.
consume
Some refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than the least efficient models.
run through
deplete
substances that deplete the ozone layer
dissipate
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
fritter away
Opposites
keep
,
save
,
store
,
invest
,
hoard
,
put aside
,
put by

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blow
Definition
to spend (money) freely
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.
Synonyms
spend,
waste,
squander,
consume,
run through,
use up,
dissipate,
fritter away
in the sense of consume
Definition
to use up
Some refrigerators consume 70 per cent less electricity than the least efficient models.
Synonyms
use up,
use,
spend,
waste,
employ,
absorb,
drain,
exhaust,
deplete,
squander,
utilize,
dissipate,
expend,
eat up,
fritter away
in the sense of deplete
Definition
to use up (supplies or money)
substances that deplete the ozone layer
Synonyms
use up,
reduce,
drain,
exhaust,
consume,
empty,
decrease,
evacuate,
lessen,
impoverish,
expend,
bankrupt

Synonyms of 'spend'

spend

Explore 'spend' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of devote
Definition
to apply or dedicate (one's time, money, or effort) to a particular purpose
He decided to devote the rest of his life to music.
Synonyms
dedicate,
give,
commit,
apply,
reserve,
pledge,
surrender,
assign,
allot,
give over,
consecrate,
set apart
in the sense of disburse
Definition
to pay out
The aid will not be disbursed until next year.
Synonyms
pay out,
spend,
lay out,
fork out (slang),
expend,
shell out (informal)
in the sense of dissipate
Definition
to waste or squander
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
Synonyms
squander,
spend,
waste,
consume,
run through,
deplete,
expend,
fritter away,
misspend,
exhaust,
consume,
scatter
in the sense of drain
Definition
to make constant demands on (energy or resources)
Deficits drain resources from the pool of national savings.
Synonyms
consume,
waste,
exhaust,
empty,
bleed,
deplete,
use up,
sap,
dissipate,
expend,
swallow up
in the sense of employ
Definition
to use as a means
the approaches and methods we employed in this study
Synonyms
use,
apply,
exercise,
exert,
make use of,
utilize,
ply,
bring to bear,
put to use,
bring into play,
avail yourself of
in the sense of empty
Definition
to make or become empty
Cross emptied his glass with one swallow.
Synonyms
exhaust,
consume the contents of,
void,
deplete,
use up,
MT
in the sense of exert
Definition
to use influence, authority, etc. forcefully or effectively
He exerted all his considerable charm to get the board to agree.
Synonyms
apply,
use,
exercise,
employ,
wield,
make use of,
utilize,
expend,
bring to bear,
put forth,
bring into play
in the sense of exhaust
Definition
to use up totally
We have exhausted almost all our food supplies.
Synonyms
use up,
spend,
finish,
consume,
waste,
go through,
run through,
deplete,
squander,
dissipate,
expend
in the sense of expend
Definition
to spend or use up (time, energy, or money)
the amount of money expended on this project so far
Synonyms
spend,
pay out,
lay out (informal),
fork out (slang),
shell out,
disburse
in the sense of fill
Definition
to meet (a requirement or need) satisfactorily
a widowed father struggling to fill the role of both parents
Synonyms
fulfil,
hold,
perform,
carry out,
occupy,
take up,
execute,
discharge,
officiate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of invest
Definition
to devote (time or effort to a project)
When people buy houses they're investing a lot of money.
Synonyms
spend,
expend,
advance,
venture,
put in,
devote,
lay out,
sink in,
use up,
plough in
in the sense of occupy
The tombs occupy two thirds of the church.
Synonyms
fill,
take up,
cover,
fill up,
utilize,
pervade,
permeate,
extend over
in the sense of splash out
Definition
to spend a lot of money on a treat or luxury
Can you afford to splash out a little?
Synonyms
spend,
splurge,
be extravagant,
push the boat out (British, informal),
lash out (informal),
spare no expense
in the sense of squander
Definition
to waste (money or resources)
He had squandered his chances to win.
Synonyms
waste,
spend,
fritter away,
blow (slang),
consume,
scatter,
run through,
lavish,
throw away,
misuse,
dissipate,
expend,
misspend,
be prodigal with,
frivol away,
spend like water
in the sense of use
Definition
to put into service or action
Officials used loud-hailers to call for calm.
Synonyms
employ,
utilize,
make use of,
work,
apply,
operate,
exercise,
practise,
resort to,
exert,
wield,
ply,
put to use,
bring into play,
find a use for,
avail yourself of,
turn to account,
call into play
in the sense of waste
Definition
to fail to take advantage of
We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
Synonyms
squander,
throw away,
blow (slang),
run through,
lavish,
misuse,
dissipate,
fritter away,
frivol away (informal)
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