spend

UK /spɛnd/ US /spɛnd/
verb 5noun 4

Definitions

verb

1

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.

2

To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment.

3

To squander.

to spend an estate in gambling

4

To exhaust, to wear out.

The violence of the waves was spent.

their bodies spent with long labour and thirst

5

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

1

Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.

I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.

2

Expenditures; money or pocket money.

Total January spends by year

The spends have been made by our strategic partners […]

3

Discharged semen.

4

Vaginal discharge.

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