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spender Definition


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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.



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