spend

English

Etymology

From Middle English spenden, from Old English *spendan (attested in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-Germanic *spendanan, *spendōnan (“to spend”), assumed to have been borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). 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”).

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /spEnd/
• IPA: /spɛnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

spend (third-person singular simple present spends, present participle spending, simple past and past participle spent)

1. to pay out (money)
2. to exhaust, to wear out
3. to consume, to use up (time)

Derived terms

Terms derived from spend (verb)

spending money

spendthrift

spent force

Translations

to pay out

to wear out, to exhaust

to consume, to use up

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Arabic: صرف (ar) (Sárafa), أنفق (ar) ('anfaqa), (time) قضى (ar) (qaDaa) Chinese: Mandarin: 花 (cmn) (huā), (time) 度過 (cmn), 度过 (cmn) (dùguò), 度 (cmn) (dù) Czech: utratit (of money), strávit (of time) Dutch: uitgeven (nl), doorbrengen (nl) Finnish: kuluttaa (fi), käyttää (fi) French: (time) passer (fr), (money, etc.) dépenser (fr) German: ausgeben (de), (time) verbringen (de) Hungarian: költ (hu), kiad (hu) Indonesian: menghabiskan, membelanjakan, membutuhkan Irish: caith (ga)

Italian: spendere (it) Japanese: 使う (ja) (tsukau), かかる (ja) (kakaru), 要する (ja) (ようする, yō-suru), 消費する (ja) (しょうひする, shōhi-suru), (time) 過ごす (ja) (sugosu) Korean: 쓰다 (sseuda), 소비하다 (消費하다, sobihada) Norwegian: bruke (no), tilbringe (no) (only time) Polish: tracić (pl) (money, etc.) spędzać (pl) (time) Portuguese: gastar (pt) Romanian: petrece (time), cheltui (money, etc.) Russian: (money, etc.) тратить (ru) (trátit’), (time) проводить (ru) (provodít’) Spanish: gastar (es) Swedish: göra slut på (sv), (money, etc.) förbruka (sv), (money) spendera (sv), (time) tillbringa (sv)

Noun

spend (plural spends)

1. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure

   I’m sorry boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.

2. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.

   • 2011 February 1, Sedghi, Ami, “Record breaking January transfers: find the spends by club”, The Guardian:

     Total January spends by year

   • 2011, “Council spending over £500”, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, accessed on 2012 January 26:

     The spends have been made by our strategic partners ...

3. Discharged semen

Translations

amount spent

a childish term for money or pocket money

Norwegian: lommepenger (no) pl.

Swedish: fickpengar (sv) pl.

discharged semen

Anagrams

• pends