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- DictionarySpend/spend/
verb
- 1. pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services: "the firm has spent $100,000 on hardware and software"
noun
- 1. an amount of money paid for a particular purpose or over a particular period of time: informal "the average spend at the cafe is about $10 a head"
The meaning of SPEND is to use up or pay out : expend. How to use spend in a sentence.
SPEND definition: 1. to give money as a payment for something: 2. to use time doing something or being somewhere…. Learn more.
Spend definition: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.). See examples of SPEND used in a sentence.
1. to pay out (money, wealth, etc) 2. ( tr) to concentrate (time, effort, thought, etc) upon an object, activity, etc. 3. ( tr) to pass (time) in a specific way, activity, place, etc. 4. ( tr) to use up completely: the hurricane spent its force. 5. ( tr) to give up (one's blood, life, etc) in a cause.
When you use money or time, you spend it. If you spend a lot of time at the mall, you'll probably also spend money there. The verb spend is good for talking about passing time on a particular activity or living in one place for a length of time: "He went on to spend years in India."
1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.) resisting the temptation to spend one's money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding. Don't spend much time on it. 3. to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.
Definition of spend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SPEND definition: 1. to use money to buy or pay for something: 2. to use time doing something or being somewhere: . Learn more.
spending, spends, spent. To use up or put out; expend. Spent an hour exercising. American Heritage. To pay out or use up money, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To use up, exhaust, consume, or wear out. His fury was spent.
1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.) resisting the temptation to spend one's money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding. Don't spend much time on it. 3. to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.
