Synonyms for spend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : spend |
| Phonetic Transcription : spɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for spend Other synonyms for the word spend
- absorb
- ante up
- apply
- bestow
- blow
- cast away
- come across
- come through
- confer
- cough up
- defray
- deplete
- disburse
- dispense
- dissipate
- drain
- drift
- empty
- evote
- exhaust
- fill
- fool around
- foot the bill
- fritter
- go
- hand out
- idle
- invest
- kill
- lavish
- lay out
- laze
- let pass
- liquidate
- misspend
- misuse
- outlay
- pass
- pay down
- pay up
- put in
- run through
- settle
- shell out
- spring for
- squander
- throw away
- use
- use up
- waste
- while away
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for spend
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