verb trans
to use up or pay out (money)
to wear (something) out; to exhaust (something)
The storm gradually spent itself
to cause or permit (time) to elapse
to pay out resources, esp money
spend a penny
Brit, informal, euphem to urinate
spendable adj
spender noun
[Old English spendan, from Latin expendere: see expend, and Old French despendre from Latin dispendere: see dispense]