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to dissave

to dissave

9.9
To spend money you have put aside for later
  • verb
  • /ˌdɪsˈseɪv/
  • Specialized
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  • These people will save in good years and dissave in bad ones.

Examples

  • During the economic downturn, many people started to dissave to maintain their standard of living.

  • Many families must dissave to cover unexpected medical expenses.

  • To pay for her education, she had to dissave from her savings account.

Synonyms

to clean out
vsto dissave
  • Informal
15 5.1

Make someone lose all their money or possessions

reduces capital but does not imply complete or forcible deprivation
to deplete
vsto dissave
13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

reduces saved capital but not necessarily to exhaustion
to dissipate
vsto dissave
3 7.0

To use money or energy in a foolish, wasteful way

uses saved capital but without the wasteful or foolish sense
to blow savings
vsto dissave
  • Informal
1 6.9

To spend saved money quickly on things you do not need

spends from savings without emphasis on speed or extravagance
to lighten one's purse
vsto dissave
  • Archaic
8.3

To spend a lot of money and have less left

reduces saved capital but does not imply noticeability or heaviness

How Much

to dissave
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

dissave infinitive
dissaving present participle
dissaves third person singular
dissaved past
dissaved past participle

Morphology

dissave = save (semi-transparent) = dis + save

The prefix clearly signals reversal or opposite meaning, but the specific economic sense of spending from accumulated savings is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Dissave combines the prefix dis- meaning 'undo' or 'not' and the word save, so it is like 'undoing' a save. That's why to dissave means to take money out of your savings and make the total you have saved smaller.