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verb
To pay out (money).
He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment.
To squander.
to spend an estate in gambling
To exhaust, to wear out.
The violence of the waves was spent.
their bodies spent with long labour and thirst
To consume, to use up (time).
My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.
We spent the winter in the south of France.
noun
Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.
Expenditures; money or pocket money.
Total January spends by year
The spends have been made by our strategic partners […]
Discharged semen.
Vaginal discharge.