SPEND

v. 1 pay out, disburse, expend, lay out, Colloq fork out, dish out, shell out, Brit splash out That man spends more for a suit than you earn in a year 2 squander, throw away, fritter away, waste, go through, splurge, lavish, dissipate He spends money as if it's going out of style 3 devote, allot, assign, invest, put in, pass If you don't spend more time with the children they'll forget they have a father