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   spend

   /spɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something: "the firm has spent £100,000 on hardware" Similar pay outlay outexpenddisbursesquandergo throughrun throughwastefritter awaylavishinformal:fork outshell outdish outcough upblowsplash outsplurgelash outstump upblueknock downarchaic:springinformal:pony upOpposite savekeephoard
   • ▪ use or give out the whole of; exhaust: "she couldn't buy any more because she had already spent her money" Similar use upconsumeexhaustdepletedrain
   • 2. pass (time) in a specified way or in a particular place: "she spent a lot of time travelling" Similar passoccupyfilltake upwhile awayuse upput indevoteemploywaste

   noun

   • 1. an amount of money paid out: informal "the average spend at the cafe is £10 a head"

   Word Origin Old Englishspendan, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’; partly also a shortening of obsolete dispend, from Latin dispendere ‘pay out’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spendable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • P

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   • E

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   • N

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