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spendspend /spɛnd/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle spent /spɛnt/) ETYMOLOGYspendOrigin: 1100-1200 Partly from Latin expendere and partly, later, from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere to weigh out VERB TABLEspend |
| Present | I, you, we, they | spend | | he, she, it | spends | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | spent | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have spent | | he, she, it | has spent | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had spent | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spend | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have spent |
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| Present | I | am spending | | he, she, it | is spending | | you, we, they | are spending | | Past | I, he, she, it | was spending | | you, we, they | were spending | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spending | | he, she, it | has been spending | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spending | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spending | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spending |
► spent ... money I’ve already spent all my money. ► spend $5/$10/$20 etc. I only want to spend about $20. ► money well spent The $100 for my new shoes was money well spent (=a sensible way of spending money). ► spend ... time with I’m trying to spend more time with my family. THESAURUSgive money► pay to give someone money for something you are buying: They ran off without paying. ► spend to use your money to buy or pay for something: He spent $75 on a new pair of shoes. ► refund if a business refunds a customer’s money, the business gives back the money the customer paid for something, especially because the customer is not satisfied with it: I took the phone back because it didn’t work, and the store refunded my money. ► tip to give an additional amount of money to someone who has done a job for you, as a way of thanking him or her: I usually tip waiters and waitresses 15% of the bill. ► reimburse to give someone the amount of money he or she paid to someone else: The company will reimburse me for the cost of travel to the conference. ► compensate to pay someone money because he or she has been injured or lost something important, or because his or her property has been damaged: The workers are asking to be compensated for injuries that they suffered at work. ► finance to provide the money needed to pay for something important or expensive, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: The government used money from taxes to finance the construction of the tunnel. 1MONEY [intransitive, transitive] to use your money to buy goods or services: Everyone spends too much at Christmas. I’ve already spent all my money.spend something on something We spend about $150 a week on food.spend something on somebody Mom never spends any money on herself.spend $5/$10/$20 etc. I only want to spend about $20. The $100 for my new shoes was money well spent (=a sensible way of spending money).► see thesaurus at pay12TIME [transitive] to use time doing a particular thing or pass time in a particular place: We spent a week in Honolulu. She spends hours on the phone.spend something doing something I spent most of the weekend cleaning the house. I’m trying to spend more time with my family.3EFFORT [transitive] to use effort or energy to do something SYN expend: We spent a lot of energy looking for a nice apartment.4spend the night (at something) to sleep in a different place from usual through the night: She spent the night at a friend’s.5spend the night with somebody to stay for the night and have sex with someone6spend money like there’s no tomorrow/like water/like it’s going out of style etc. to spend a lot of money very quickly and carelessly[Origin: 1100–1200 Partly from Latin expendere and partly, later, from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere to weigh out] |