spending

Speech parts

1. spending - Noun

2. spending - Verb

Meaning

of Spend

The act of expending; expenditure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

expenditure outlay disbursement outgo disbursal use using amount cost charge pass Price spent investment budget

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Antonyms

building construction economy income prudence creation

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Hypernyms

payment defrayal defrayment transferred possession transferred property

Hyponyms

cost expense expenditure expending deficit spending pump priming

Phrases with the word

capital spending additional spending spending your life spending expedition spending the rest of your life under-spending

Examples

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. John Chrysostom

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending. Anne Bradstreet

Spending your money with many a guest, empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest. German Proverb

Who would make money must begin by spending it. Italian Proverb

Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

spendful spendible spendicitis spending cut spending dilemma spending expedition