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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 outexpenddisburseOpposite savekeephoard
    • 2. pass (time) in a specified way or in a particular place: "she spent a lot of time travelling" Similar passoccupyfilltake up

    noun

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

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  2. SPEND definition: 1. to give money as a payment for something: 2. to use time doing something or being somewhere…. Learn more.

  3. Spend definition: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.). See examples of SPEND used in a sentence.

  4. 1. : to expend or waste wealth or strength. 2. : to become expended or consumed.

  5. Definition of spend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.) resisting the temptation to spend one's money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding. Don't spend much time on it. 3. to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.

  7. 1. To pay out or expend money. 2. To be exhausted or consumed. n. 1. An amount of money spent on something: doubled the spend on computers. 2. The spending of money; expenditure: the management of spend.

  8. to use money to buy or pay for something: The company has spent $1.9 million on improving its computer network. She spends too much money on clothes. How much did you spend? Fewer examples. You must spend the money as you see fit. She refuses to spend more than £20 on a pair of shoes.

  9. The verb spend is good for talking about passing time on a particular activity or living in one place for a length of time: "He went on to spend years in India." When you spend money, you pay it in return for something, like when you spend five dollars on a bottle of water at the airport or spend your savings on a trip around the world.

  10. spend meaning, definition, what is spend: to use your money to pay for goods or se...: Learn more.

  11. Spend Definition. spĕnd. spending, spends, spent. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. spending, spends, spent. To use up or put out; expend. Spent an hour exercising. American Heritage. To pay out or use up money, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.