Antonyms for spend


Grammar : Verb
Spell : spend
Phonetic Transcription : spɛnd


Definition of spend

Origin :
  • "to pay out or away" (money or wealth), Old English -spendan (in forspendan "use up"), from Latin expendere "to weigh out money, pay down" (see expend). A general Germanic borrowing (cf. Old High German spendon, German and Middle Dutch spenden, Old Norse spenna). In reference to labor, thoughts, time, etc., attested from c.1300.
  • verb give, pay out
  • verb use time; occupy
Example sentences :
  • Men who take from the poor daily interest for a drachma, and spend it in debauchery.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He ran over in his mind the friends with whom he could spend the time agreeably.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They waste the time one should spend in making them come true.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • And so to-night I am going to spend them, not prudently on bread, but prodigally on beer.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • "To come home and read, or spend a social evening with a friend," George answered.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • The afternoon was not spent as George had been accustomed to spend it.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Will you spend the hours from eight to ten with me to-morrow evening at my house?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I have invited you to my house, and asked you to spend the night in this room, and sleep in this bed.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • She was too proud to ask him to spend more of his evenings with her.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for spend

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