What does spend mean?
Definitions for spend
spɛndspend
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word spend.
Princeton's WordNet
spend, pass(verb)
pass time in a specific way
"how are you spending your summer vacation?"
spend, expend, drop(verb)
pay out
"spend money"
spend(verb)
spend completely
"I spend my pocket money in two days"
Wiktionary
spend(Noun)
Amount spent (during a period), expenditure
I'm sorry boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.
spend(Noun)
expenditures; money or pocket money.
spend(Noun)
Discharged semen
spend(Verb)
to pay out (money)
spend(Verb)
to exhaust, to wear out
spend(Verb)
to consume, to use up (time)
Origin: From spenden, from * (attested in compounds aspendan, forspendan), from spendanan, borrowed from expendere. Cognate with spenton (whence spenden), spenden, Old spenna.
Webster Dictionary
Spend(verb)
to weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing
Spend(verb)
to bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon
Spend(verb)
to consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices
Spend(verb)
to pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad
Spend(verb)
to exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent
Spend(verb)
to expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely
Spend(verb)
to waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it
Spend(verb)
to be diffused; to spread
Spend(verb)
to break ground; to continue working
Origin: [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See Pendant, and cf. Dispend, Expend, Spence, Spencer.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Spend
spend, v.t. to expend or weigh out: to give for any purpose: to consume: to waste: to pass, as time.—v.i. to make expense: to be lost, wasted, or dissipated: to emit milt, semen, &c.:—pr.p. spend′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. spent.—adj. Spen′dable, that may be spent.—ns. Spend′all, a spendthrift; Spen′der; Spen′ding; Spense=Spence (q.v.).—adj. Spent, exhausted: impotent: of fish, exhausted by spawning. [A.S. spendan—L. expendĕre or dispendĕre, to weigh out.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spend' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1575
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #795
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spend' in Verbs Frequency: #99
Anagrams for spend »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of spend in a Sentence
Theodore Roosevelt, sign posted at his grave site:
Spend and be spent.
Spend not on hopes.
What you spend, you save.
They're a proxy for enterprise spend.
I don't want to blindly spend anymore.
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- يقضي, قضىArabic
- gastar, passarCatalan, Valencian
- trávitCzech
- ausgeben, verbringenGerman
- ξοδεύωGreek
- pasarSpanish
- mälli, satsi, kuluttaa, käyttää, loppu, kulut, menot, viettääFinnish
- dépenser, passerFrench
- caithIrish
- ख़र्च करनाHindi
- spensarIdo
- 消費, 過ごすJapanese
- 쓰다, 소비, 보내다Korean
- leisti, praleistiLithuanian
- bruke, lommepengerNorwegian
- gastos, jato, gastar, gastoPortuguese
- cheltuiRomanian
- тратить, истратить, проводить, потратить, расходовать, израсходовать, провестиRussian
- тратити, tratiti, проводити, provoditiSerbo-Croatian
- fickpengar, tillbringa, spenderaSwedish
- செலவிடTamil
- harcamak, geçirmekTurkish
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