spend

spend: ▪ I. spend spend ¹ [spend] verb spent _PTandPP [spent] [intransitive, transitive]

1. to use your money to buy or pay for things:

• How much do we have to spend?

• It is worth spending money on advertising.

2. to use or pass time:

• Effective managers spend time getting to know their workers.

• I have spent the past seven years working in industry.

[m0] ▪ II. spend spend ² noun [uncountable] ACCOUNTING

the amount of money spent by a company on a particular activity in a particular period of time:

• They increased the marketing spend needed to launch the new brands.

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spend UK US /spend/ verb (spent, spent)

► [I or T] to give money as a payment for something: »How much did you spend?
spend sth on sth »We've just spent €1.9 million on improving our computer network.
»We've spent too much money on advertising that isn't working.
»We spent a fortune when we were in New York.

► [T] to use time doing something or being somewhere: spend time doing sth »They need to spend more time improving customer relations.
spend time on sth »I spent a lot of time on that report.
»How long do you spend at the computer each day?
spend years/ages »I've spent years building up this company.
spend a day/week/year, etc. »We spent last weekend working.

► [T] to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left: »For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job.

→ See also OVERSPEND(Cf. ↑overspend) verb, TAX-AND-SPEND(Cf. ↑tax-and-spend), UNDERSPEND(Cf. ↑underspend) verb

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spend UK US /spend/ noun [S] ECONOMICS, FINANCE

► the amount of money that is spent on a particular activity: the spend on/for sth »The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds.
»If your company's annual spend on telephone calls exceeds $3,000, then it would be worth changing plans.
the total/actual spend »BP will spend $1 billion more this year, raising the total spend to $15 billion.
»advertising/marketing/promotional spend

→ See also OVERSPEND(Cf. ↑overspend) noun, UNDERSPEND(Cf. ↑underspend) noun

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Synonyms:

Expend, disburse, lay out, dispose of, part with, Lay out money, incur expense / Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up, Vanish, be lost, be consumed, dissipate, spread / Employ, devote, bestow, apply, pass / Waste, wear away, exhaust of force

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spend — W1S1 [spend] v past tense and past participle spent [spent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3 4¦(force/effort)¦ 5 spend a penny ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Partly from Latin expendere ( EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French … Dictionary of contemporary English
spend — [ spend ] (past tense and past participle spent [ spent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use money to pay for things: How much money did you spend? spend for: This year we will spend more money for medical care. spend something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spend — /spend/ past tense and past participle spent /spent/ verb 1 MONEY (I, T) to use your money to buy or pay for things: spend money/ 5/$10/a lot: I spent so much money this weekend! | spend money etc on sth: More money should be spent on health and… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spend — spend, *expend, disburse can mean to pay out money or an equivalent of money for something or in expectation of some return. Spend is the ordinary term; it may be used regardless of the amount dealt out in the purchase of something {spend a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spend — Spend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one s money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some… … Universalium
spend´er — spend «spehnd», verb, spent, spend|ing. –v.t. 1. to pay out: »She spent ten dollars shopping for food today. 2. to use (labor, material, thought, or some other re … Useful english dictionary
spend*/*/*/ — [spend] (past tense and past participle spent [spent] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use money to pay for things How much money did you spend?[/ex] You spend too much on clothes.[/ex] 2) [T] to stay somewhere, or to do something, for a period of time We… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
spend — ► VERB (past and past part. spent) 1) pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services. 2) use or use up (energy or resources); exhaust. 3) pass (time) in a specified way. ► NOUN informal ▪ an amount of money paid out. ● … English terms dictionary
Spend — Spend, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. [1913 Webster] He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — [v1] give, pay out absorb, allocate, ante up*, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up*, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty,… … New thesaurus

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