What does spending mean?
Definitions for spending
spend·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word spending.
Princeton's WordNet
spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay(noun)
the act of spending or disbursing money
outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay(noun)
money paid out; an amount spent
Webster Dictionary
Spending
of Spend
Spending(noun)
the act of expending; expenditure
Editors Contribution
spending
Verb form of the word spend.
The unity government spending was in line with the forecasted spending.
Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2840
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2192
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Nouns Frequency: #1196
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spending in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of spending in a Sentence
RVM:
If only I had spent my time spending my money rather than just making it, I would have died a happier man - RVM #Inspiration #styainspired
While a drop in costs and efficiency improvements will help to offset some of the spending cuts, output is likely to take a hit soon.
Parents of all socioeconomic statuses do a bit of cost benefit analysis when they decide whether and how much to participate in well-baby care, if they must take a day or afternoon off work, negotiate complex transportation logistics, or miss out on time they could be spending attending to more pressing issues – like food, housing or utility insecurity – then they want to feel there is a clear benefit to doing so.
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. ... Since government has no resources of its own, and since there’s no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person’s property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.
Our customers appear to be looking beyond the oil price lows of earlier this year, resetting spending to current commodity price levels, and beginning the early stages of planning for improved longer-term fundamentals.
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Translations for spending
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- الإنفاقArabic
- gastoSpanish
- kiadásokHungarian
- gastosPortuguese
- расходыRussian
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