English > spend: 3 senses > verb 2, possession| Meaning | 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 |
