1. The act of spending or disbursing money
   "The company's spending on research increased";
   - disbursement, disbursal, outlay
    
2. Money paid out; an amount spent
   "Their monthly spending exceeded their income, leading to financial difficulties";
   - outgo [archaic], expenditure, outlay, spend

1. Use up a period of time in a specific way
   "how are you spending your summer vacation?";
   - pass
    
2. Pay out
   "spend money";
   - expend, drop
    
3. Spend completely
   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

Derived forms: spendings

Type of: consume, defrayal, defrayment, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, pay, payment, run through, transferred possession, transferred property, use, use up, wipe out

Antonym: income

Encyclopedia: Spending