spend Definition

spend
verb spent, spending

tr & intr
1. To pay out (money, etc) eg on buying something new, for a service, repair, etc.

Thesaurus: expend, disburse, allocate, shell out (slang), cough up (slang).
Form: spend on (often)
2. To use or devote (eg time, energy, effort, etc).

Example: spent hours trying to fix the car
Thesaurus: pass, kill, while away, idle, fritter away, drift, waste, squander, consume, exhaust.
3. To use up completely; to exhaust.

Example: Her anger soon spends itself

noun

1. An act or the process of spending (especially money).

Example: went on a massive spend after winning the Lottery
2. An amount (of money) that is spent.

Example: allocated a £5 million spend for advertising

Derivative: spendable
adj

Derivative: spender
noun

Derivative: spending
noun

Derivative: spent
adj

Used up; exhausted.
Example: a spent match
Thesaurus: used, finished, gone; drained, tired out, exhausted, weakened, wearied, worn out, debilitated, dog-tired (slang), bushed (slang), out of gas (US slang), zonked (slang); Antonym: fresh, energetic.

Idiom: spend a penny

(rit)
euphemistic
To urinate or go to the toilet

Etymology: from the charge sometimes levied for the use of public toilets. &clock; Anglo-Saxon spendan, from Latin expendere to pay out.