SPEND


Meaning of SPEND in English

verb

1.

to distribute or consume in payment or expenditure

spent fifty dollars for that dress

Synonyms: disburse, expend, fork (out), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out

Related Word: blow, drop, hand out; contribute; consume, dissipate, lavish, squander, throw away, waste

Antonyms: save

2.

Synonyms: go 4, consume, exhaust, expend, finish, run through, use up, wash up

3.

to cause or permit to elapse

spent the summer at the beach

Synonyms: pass, while (away)

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