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spend
verb [I or T] (MONEY) /spend/ (spent, spent)Definition
A2 to give money as a payment for something: How much did you spend? I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the pub last night. We spent a fortune when we were in New York. She spends a lot of money on clothes. We've just spent £1.9 million on improving our computer network. We went on a spending spree (= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday.Paying and spending money
(Definition of spend verb (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- contributory adjective
- discharge noun (PERFORMANCE)
- discharge verb (PERFORM)
- make sth/it worth your while idiom
- match sth pound for pound idiom
- means noun (MONEY)
- money doesn't grow on trees idiom
- overpay verb
- pay (sth) out phrasal verb
- pay verb (BUY)
- payable adjective
- payee noun
- pump-priming noun
- put sth down phrasal verb (PAY)
- run to sth phrasal verb (MONEY)
- self-financing adjective
- shortchange verb
- spender noun
- stand verb (BUY)
- tip verb (PAYMENT)
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