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    spend
    /spɛnd/

    verb

    • 1. give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something: "the firm has spent £100,000 on hardware" Similar pay outlay outexpenddisburseOpposite savekeephoard
    • 2. pass (time) in a specified way or in a particular place: "she spent a lot of time travelling" Similar passoccupyfilltake up

    noun

    • 1. an amount of money paid out: informal "the average spend at the cafe is £10 a head"

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  2. SPEND definition: 1. to give money as a payment for something: 2. to use time doing something or being somewhere…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of SPEND is to use up or pay out : expend. How to use spend in a sentence.

  4. spend is the general word: We spend more for living expenses now. disburse implies expending from a specific source or sum to meet specific obligations, or paying in definite allotments: The treasurer has authority to disburse funds. expend is more formal, and implies spending for some definite and (usually) sensible or worthy object: to expend ...

  5. 1. To pay out or expend money. 2. To be exhausted or consumed. n. 1. An amount of money spent on something: doubled the spend on computers. 2. The spending of money; expenditure: the management of spend.

  6. Spend definition: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.). See examples of SPEND used in a sentence.

  7. [transitive] to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time. spend something + adv./prep. We spent the day at the beach. I like to spend time with my friends. Her childhood was spent in Italy. spend something on something How long did you spend on your homework? spend something doing something They spent the whole night talking.

  8. The verb spend is good for talking about passing time on a particular activity or living in one place for a length of time: "He went on to spend years in India." When you spend money, you pay it in return for something, like when you spend five dollars on a bottle of water at the airport or spend your savings on a trip around the world.

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