to spend
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1.0
- verb
- /spɛnd/
:
gastar
- She decided to spend her savings on a new laptop for school.
- spend money
- spend billions
- the government spends
Dave asks how do the minimalists spend their money?
- Dave asks how do the minimalists spend their money?
- People have to spend more money for that beef.
- To me it's his money to save or spend how he wants.
- When you're thinking, who do I want to spend my life with?
- So I I thought, yeah, I want to spend some time with this person.
- I am unsure what I spent but I can try to think.
- Like how much taxpayer cash did the government spend last year?
- Very surreal because it's we've just spent two years watching this guy.
- And the last guy spent two days on that, OK.
Examples
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To me it's his money to save or spend how he wants.
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I've spent my entire life in the army.
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First of all, you need to spend time with yourself.
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How in holy hell do you spend or blow that much money?
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And you know, you could spend hours just enjoying them.
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The obvious solution to all these problems would be for Europe to spend more on defense.
Academic text (2011) -
Maybe when you were younger you spent hours drawing.
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My shoes quickly wore out, and I hated to spend money on new ones.
Fiction book (1990) -
When you're thinking, who do I want to spend my life with?
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Typically, colleges and universities spend large amounts of money on promotional efforts to attract students.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
To put something to work for a purpose
948
1.0
To pay money for something you buy or use
191
3.2
To use up money, energy, or other resources
172
3.2
To use up resources until none are left
69
2.7
To finish all of something so nothing is left
50
5.0
To use money, time, or energy for a purpose
42
3.8
To give money from a fund or account
16
4.4
Use up money or supplies quickly and wastefully
13
4.5
To pay a large amount of money for something
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Etymology
Spend comes from an old root pendere meaning 'to weigh', which is in words like expend and expense where you 'weigh out' money to pay. So, to spend is to give out or use up money or other things.