spend
spend Lexical Profile
spend Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To pay out money in buying or hiring goods or services.
"The university plans to spend several million dollars on renovating the science laboratories."
To pass or occupy a period of time in a specified way or in a particular place.
"She decided to spend the summer afternoon reading in the botanical garden."
To use up or exhaust energy, strength, or a finite resource completely.
"After hours of gale-force winds, the storm finally began to spend its fury along the coast."
• noun
An amount of money paid out for a particular purpose or over a specified period, especially in business or public budgeting.
"The marketing department decided to increase its digital advertising spend for the fourth quarter."
• Rhymes for spend
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'spendan', an early borrowing from Medieval Latin 'expendere' (meaning 'to weigh out money' or 'to pay'), reinforced in Middle English by Old French 'despendre'.