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Definition of Spendthrift

1. Noun. Someone who spends money prodigally.

2. Adjective. Recklessly wasteful. "Prodigal in their expenditures"

Definition of Spendthrift

1. n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.

2. a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

Definition of Spendthrift

1. Noun. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. ¹

2. Adjective. Wasteful, improvident or profligate. ¹

3. Adjective. Lavish or extravagant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spendthrift

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Spendthrift

1. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. "A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life." (Mrs. R. H. Davis) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spendthrift

spendall spendalls spender spenders spendest spendier spendiest spendiferously spending spending-money

spending cut spending money spending spree spendings spends spendthrift (current term) spendthrift trust spendthrift trusts spendthriftness spendthrifts

spendthrifty spendy spense spenses spent force spent forces speos speoses speract

Literary usage of Spendthrift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"spendthrift trusts are void, as creating an unlawful restraint on alienation ... 'spendthrift trusts' is the term commonly applied to those trusts that are ..."

2. New Probate Law and Practice: With Annotations and Forms for Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church, Curtis Hillyer (1920)
"Court may appoint guardian for spendthrift. § 179. Notice to spendthrift. Hearing and appointment. § 180. Copy of complaint to be filed. ..."

3. New Probate Law and Practice, with Annotations and Forms: For Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church (1909)
"Court may appoint guardian for spendthrift. § 179. Notice to spendthrift. ... for such county of which such spendthrift is a resident or an inhabitant shall ..."

4. New Probate Law and Practice: With Annotations and Forms for Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church, Curtis Hillyer (1920)
"Court may appoint guardian for spendthrift. § 179. Notice to spendthrift. Hearing and appointment. § 180. Copy of complaint to be filed. ..."

5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"If a spendthrift wishes to borrow, and gives a sufficient guarantee of ... But the loan to the spendthrift has nothing to do with the making of capital. ..."

6. The First Year of Roman Law by Fernand Bernard (1906)
"Curatorship of the spendthrift (prodigus) 404. Decree of Interdiction : He who wasted his family property which he had inherited ab intestato (bona paterna ..."

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