English Explanatory Dictionary

spend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pay out (money).
  2. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
  3. To squander.
  4. To exhaust, to wear out.
  5. To consume, to use up (time).
  6. To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
  7. To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
  8. To be diffused; to spread.
  9. To break ground; to continue working.
noun
  1. Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
  2. Expenditures; money or pocket money.
  3. Discharged semen.
  4. Vaginal discharge.

Pronunciation

/spɛnd/ en-us-spend.ogg

Word forms

spend spends spending spent

Etymology

From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”).

Derived words

bespend don't spend it all at once don't spend it all in one place forespend forspend heartspent misspend nonspending outspend overspend respend spaving spendability spendable spendaholic spend-all spend a penny spendathon spendful spend good money after bad spendicitis spending money spendless spend money like water spendocracy spendocrat spendthrift spend time spendworthy spendy spent force superspend time spent laughing is time spent with the gods tokens get spent underspend unspend
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