transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspend ]
verb
( spent ˈspent ; 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 ˈspen-də-bəl adjective
• spend·er noun