spend
verb
1 spend
Use up a period of time in a specific way:
— How are you spending your summer vacation?.
synonym: pass.
Roget 795:
buy,
purchase,
invest in,
procure;
rent
etc.
(hire)
788;
repurchase,
buy in.
keep in one's pay,
bribe,
suborn;
pay
etc.
807;
spend
etc.
809.
make a purchase,
complete a purchase;
buy over the counter.
shop,
market,
go shopping.
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Roget 784:
deliver,
hand,
pass,
put into the hands of;
hand over,
make over,
deliver over,
pass over,
turn over;
assign dower.
present,
give away,
dispense,
dispose of;
give out,
deal out,
dole out,
mete out,
fork out,
squeeze out.
pay
etc.
807;
render,
impart,
communicate.
concede,
cede,
yield,
part with,
shed,
cast;
spend
etc.
809.
give,
bestow,
confer,
grant,
accord,
award,
assign.
intrust,
consign,
vest in.
make a present;
allow,
contribute,
subscribe,
furnish its quota.
invest,
endow,
settle upon;
bequeath,
leave,
devise.
furnish,
supply,
help;
administer to;
afford,
spare;
accommodate with,
indulge with,
favor with;
shower down upon;
lavish,
pour on,
thrust upon.
tip,
bribe;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
offer
etc.
763;
sacrifice,
immolate.
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Dutch: besteden, doorkomen, slijten
2 spend
Pay out:
— Spend money.
synonyms: drop, expend.
Roget 809:
expend,
spend;
run through,
get through;
pay,
disburse;
ante,
ante up;
pony up [U.S.];
open the purse strings,
loose the purse strings,
untie the purse strings;
lay out,
shell out [Slang],
fork out [Slang],
fork over;
bleed;
make up a sum,
invest,
sink money.
run up debts,
run up bills
(debt)
806.
fee
etc.
(reward)
973;
pay one's way
etc.
(pay)
807;
subscribe
etc.
(give)
784;
subsidize.
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Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 297:
give exit,
give vent to;
let out,
give out,
pour out,
squeeze out,
send out;
dispatch,
despatch;
exhale,
excern†,
excrete;
embogue†;
secrete,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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Dutch: verteren, spenderen, besteden, uitgeven
3 spend
Spend completely.
Dutch: verteren
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