Antonyms for spend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : spend

Phonetic Transcription : spɛnd

Definition of spend

Origin : "to pay out or away" (money or wealth), Old English -spendan (in forspendan "use up"), from Latin expendere "to weigh out money, pay down" (see expend). A general Germanic borrowing (cf. Old High German spendon, German and Middle Dutch spenden, Old Norse spenna). In reference to labor, thoughts, time, etc., attested from c.1300.

verb give, pay out
verb use time; occupy

Example sentences :

Men who take from the poor daily interest for a drachma, and spend it in debauchery.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

He ran over in his mind the friends with whom he could spend the time agreeably.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

They waste the time one should spend in making them come true.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

And so to-night I am going to spend them, not prudently on bread, but prodigally on beer.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

"To come home and read, or spend a social evening with a friend," George answered.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

The afternoon was not spent as George had been accustomed to spend it.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Will you spend the hours from eight to ten with me to-morrow evening at my house?
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I have invited you to my house, and asked you to spend the night in this room, and sleep in this bed.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

She was too proud to ask him to spend more of his evenings with her.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for spend

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