spend

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
2. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
3. (dated) To squander.
4. To exhaust, to wear out.
5. To consume, to use up (time).
6. (ambitransitive, dated) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
7. (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
8. To be diffused; to spread.
9. To break ground; to continue working.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
3. (countable, uncountable) Discharged semen.
4. (countable, uncountable) Vaginal discharge.

Synonyms

expend

pass

consume

waste

use up

use

pay out

disburse

exhaust

pay

💸

give

cost

squander

outlay

dissipate

take

employ

invest

lose

drop

half-day

wear

lay out

devote

buy

🛍️

wear out

deplete

utilize

time

⌚

turn on

purchase

🛍️

hand over

incur

run through

dispend

eat

🍽️

complete

drive

draw in

come

alight

drain

donate

fret

frazzle

fool away

burn

alcoholize

address

fool

Translations

spendere

gastar

dépenser

ausgeben

gastar

passer

uitgeven

besteden

verbringen

spenderen

verteren

gastar

passare

harcamak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: spenden

Inherited from Old English: spendan

Cognate with Old High German: spentōn

Cognate with German: spenden

Cognate with Middle Dutch: -

Cognate with Icelandic: spenna

In summary

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”).