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Definition of Spend
1. Verb. Pass time in a specific way. "They spend a long time"; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"
Specialized synonyms: Soldier, Slum, Weekend, Holiday, Vacation, Do, Serve, Get Through, While Away, Sojourn, Overwinter, Winter, Summer
2. Verb. Pay out. "They spend the money "; "Spend money"
Specialized synonyms: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out, Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste, Afford, Blow, Trifle Away, Wanton, Wanton Away, Underspend, Misspend, Nickel-and-dime, Penny-pinch, Commit, Invest, Place, Put, Economise, Economize, Save, Lay Out, Piddle, Piddle Away, Trifle, Wanton, Wanton Away, Misspend
Generic synonyms: Pay
Derivative terms: Expender, Expending, Expenditure, Expenditure, Expensive, Spender, Spending
3. Verb. Spend completely. "They spend the money "; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
Specialized synonyms: Overspend, Underspend
Derivative terms: Spender, Spending
Definition of Spend
1. v. t. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
2. v. i. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
Definition of Spend
1. Verb. to pay out (money) ¹
2. Verb. to exhaust, to wear out ¹
3. Verb. to consume, to use up (time) ¹
4. Noun. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure ¹
5. Noun. (context: pluralized ) expenditures; money or pocket money. ¹
6. Noun. Discharged semen ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spend
1. to pay out [v SPENT, SPENDING, SPENDS]
Medical Definition of Spend
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1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. "He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning." (South)
2. To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. "The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air." (Bacon)
3. To be diffused; to spread. "The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes." (Bacon)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spend
Literary usage of Spend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Mrs Bates was engaged to spend the evening at Hartfield; James had due notice,
and he sanguinely hoped that neither dear little Henry nor dear little John ..."
2. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1826)
"... With large wine-offerings pour'd, and sacred feast, Shall spend their days in
joy unblamed ... spend ..."
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