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spend

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1. spend - Noun

2. spend - Verb

Meaning

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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

To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.

To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.

To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.

To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.

To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.

To break ground; to continue working.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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spend money Source: Internet

how are you spending your summer vacation? Source: Internet

I spend my pocket money in two days Source: Internet

A110s are still too new and sought-after to be cheap – you're looking at a minimum spend of £46,000 – but the release of a second wave of 'upgraded' (not necessarily for the better) A110s should take the edge off first-car prices soon. Source: Internet

A 16-year-old charged in connection with a St. Paul shootout that injured two about a block from Allianze Field this past October was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ordered to spend several months in a group home and shelter program. Source: Internet

Abby and her Emotional Support Dog, Toot Toot, spend all of their time together when at home. Source: Internet

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