Search results
- Dictionaryspend/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 Opposite
- 2. pass (time) in a specified way or in a particular place: "she spent a lot of time travelling" Similar
noun
- 1. an amount of money paid out: informal "the average spend at the cafe is £10 a head"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
SPEND definition: 1. to give money as a payment for something: 2. to use time doing something or being somewhere…. Learn more.
Spend definition: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.). See examples of SPEND used in a sentence.
to pay out (money, wealth, etc) 2. (transitive) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc. 3. (transitive) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc. 4. (transitive) to use up completely. the hurricane spent its force.
Definition of spend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of SPEND is to use up or pay out : expend. How to use spend in a sentence.
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.
1. to pay out (money, wealth, etc) 2. (tr) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc. 3. (tr) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc. 4. (tr) to use up completely: the hurricane spent its force. 5. (tr) to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause.
spend meaning, definition, what is spend: to use your money to pay for goods or se...: Learn more.
Definitions of 'spend'. 1. When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want or need. [...] 2. If you spend time or energy doing something, you use your time or effort doing it. [...] 3. If you spend a period of time in a place, you stay there for a period of time.
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.
