Spend

/spɛnd/

Meaning & Definition

verb

to pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services.

I plan to spend some money on new clothes this weekend.

to use time for a particular purpose.

She decided to spend the evening reading a book.

to exhaust or use up (a resource).

They spent their savings on a new house.

Middle English spenden, from Old French espendre, from Latin expendere.

spend time

to pass time in a certain way or activity

spend like there’s no tomorrow

to spend extravagantly without concern for the future

spend a penny

to go to the bathroom

expenditure

the action of spending funds or resources.

spender

a person who spends money.

spending

the act of using money to buy goods or services.

blow cash

I'm going to blow cash on this new phone.

drop dough

He really dropped dough on that vacation.