English > spend: 3 senses > verb 2, possessionMeaning | pay out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something on somebody |
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Model | They spend money on their grandchild; They spend the money |
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Example | "spend money" |
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Synonyms | expend, drop |
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Narrower | afford | Be able to spare or give up |
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blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on |
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
invest, put, commit, place | make an investment |
lay out | Spend or invest |
misspend | spend (money or other resources) unwisely |
misspend | spend time badly or unwisely |
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime | spend money frugally |
piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle | Waste time |
save, economize, economise | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of |
underspend | spend at less than the normal rate |
wanton, wanton away, trifle away | spend wastefully |
Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
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Spanish | dejar caer, expender, gastar |
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Catalan | gastar |
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Nouns | spender | someone who spends money to purchase goods or services |
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spending | the act of spending or disbursing money |