spend

Meaning

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.

spend

expend

pass

consume

waste

use up

use

pay out

disburse

exhaust

give

pay

cost

squander

outlay

take

dissipate

lose

invest

employ

lay out

drop

half-day

wear

turn on

run through

devote

buy

dispend

purchase

wear out

utilize

time

hand over

deplete

incur

accord

administer

afford

alight

allow

confer

donate

emerge

exit

go out

grant

impart

leave

provide

quit

spare

switch on

yield

need

require

go through

tide over

live one’s life

be extravagant with

be used up

be finished

run out of

idle

let pass

misuse

outwear

have an orgasm

come

ejaculate

weaken

draw in

pull in

retract

shorten

sell

have been

shoot

throw

aestivate

holiday

summer

vacation

standing about

one's

ply

address

alcoholise

alcoholize

apply

drive

exercise

exert

exploit

ferment

go by

habituate

inject

maintain

operate

wield

work

abrade

burn

degrade

drain

eat

eat away

eat up

fool away

fret

get through

incinerate

rub down

scuff

wear away

wear down

wear off

wipe out

blow

fool

piddle

splurge

trifle

trifle away

wanton

wanton away

kill

throw away

expenditure

stay

consumption

give out

expenses

fee

wasteful

frazzle

fress

gluttonize

overfatigue

fritter away

lavish

contribute

write out

scatter

complete

spent

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɛnd/

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”).