v.
Pronunciation: ' spend
Function: verb
Inflected Form: spent \ ' spent \ ; spend · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -spendan, from Medieval Latin expendere to disburse, use up, from Latin, to measure by weight, pay out ― more at EXPEND
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 : to use up or pay out : EXPEND
2 a : EXHAUST , WEAR OUT <the hurricane gradually spent itself> b : to consume wastefully : SQUANDER <the waters are not ours to spend ― J. R. Ellis>
3 : to cause or permit to elapse : PASS < spend the night>
4 : GIVE UP , SACRIFICE
intransitive verb
1 : to expend or waste wealth or strength
2 : to become expended or consumed
3 : to have an orgasm
– spend · able \ ' spen-d ə -b ə l \ adjective
– spend · er noun