Verb: spend (spent) spend
- Use up a period of time in a specific way
"how are you spending your summer vacation?";
- pass
- Pay out
"spend money";
- expend, drop
- Spend completely
"I spend my pocket money in two days"
- Money paid out; an amount spent
"Their monthly spend exceeded their income, leading to financial difficulties";
- outgo [archaic], spending, expenditure, outlay
Derived forms: spends, spent, spending
Type of: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, pay, run through, transferred possession, transferred property, use, use up, wipe out
Encyclopedia: Spend, Spend, Spend