spend

CEFRA1

/spɛnd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To use money, time, or energy for a purpose.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

Examples

  • I don't want to spend the rest of my life regretting it.

  • We should spend the money on something that will benefit everyone.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To squander.

  2. To pay out (money).

  3. To exhaust, to wear out.

More examples

In context

  • When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.

  • He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.

  • I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying dog chow.

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Origin

verb

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”).