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Antonyms for squander

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skwon-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwɒn dər

Definition of squander

Origin :
  • 1580s (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in "Merchant of Venice" with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced January 1943 by the National Savings Committee. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.
  • verb fritter away, use up
Example sentences :
  • What then have you done with the sums given you from infancy to squander?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Then he'll get a kind of maggot in the brain, and squander every sixpence he can lay hands on.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • There's no fun in spendin' money, seems to me, unless you squander it reckless.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
  • But now he was three years weaker, and he had no more money to squander.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • I also squander it on follies, but on follies of purely home growth.
  • Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
  • She is a splendid woman, and doesn't she just squander the shiners?
  • Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
  • And though you did squander a big sum of money, it is evident that you did not lose your head.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • The insipid fellow will squander his money away, and will be ruined.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • My anxiety is that I shall not squander my possession, now I have it.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter

Synonyms for squander

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