nnoun.actthe act of spending money for goods or servicesSynset:expenditure
Derivationally Related Form:expend
Hypernyms:disbursal disbursement outlay spending
Inherited Hypernyms:expendingspendingpaymentcommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:expendingspendingpaymentcommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.consumptionuse up, consume fullySynset:expend use
Examples:- The legislature expended its time on school questions
Derivationally Related Form:useexpenditure
Inherited Hypernyms:use
Direct Hyponyms:abuseblowmisuseoccupypervertsparesquandertakeuse upwaste
Entailment:consume deplete eat up eat exhaust run through use up wipe out
Full Troponyms:abusebeburnfracturepervertsparetaketake in vainwaste
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the money (apply to: use, expend)
vverb.possessionpay outSynset:drop expend spend
Derivationally Related Form:expensiveexpendingexpenditureexpenderspenderspending
Hypernyms:pay
Inherited Hypernyms:spendpaygivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:affordblowcommitconsumedepleteeateat upeconomiseeconomizeexhaustinvestlay outmisspendnickel-and-dimepenny-pinchpiddlepiddle awayplaceputrun throughsavesquandertrifletrifle awayunderspenduse upwantonwanton awaywarewastewipe out
Full Troponyms:affordblowbullburn offbuy intoconsumedraindrinkfritterfundindulgeinvestlavishlay outluxuriatemisspendoverspendpenny-pinchpiddleroll overrun downrun outsaveshelterspeculatespendsplurgesurfeittie uptighten one's beltunderspendwanton
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something on somebody | They --- the money (apply to: spend) | They --- money on their grandchild (apply to: spend)