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spend
(spĕnd)These verbs mean to pay or give out money or an equivalent: spent $30 on gas; disbursed funds from the account; expended all her energy teaching the class.
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(spɛnd)spend
(spɛnd)v. spent, spend•ing. v.t.
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- A blend of Latin pendere, "pay, weigh," and expendere, "pay out."spend
You usually use the verb spend when you are talking about money or time. The past tense and past participle of spend is spent, not 'spended'.
When you spend money, you use it to pay for things.
You say that someone spends money on something.
If you spend a period of time doing something, you do it from the beginning to the end of that time.
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– passIf someone does something from the beginning to the end of a period of time, you say that they spend the period of time doing it.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone spends a period of time 'in doing', 'on doing', or 'to do' something. Don't say, for example, 'We spent the evening in talking about art'.
If someone is in a place from the beginning to the end of a period of time, you can say that they spend the time there.
You can say that someone spends a period of time in another person's company.
You don't usually say that you 'pass time' doing something. Don't say, for example, 'We passed the evening talking about art'.
However, if you do something to occupy yourself while you are waiting for something, you say that you do it to pass the time.
If you enjoy yourself while you are doing something, don't say that you 'pass' or 'spend' a good time. Say that you have a good time.
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Past participle: spent
Gerund: spending
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Verb | 1. | spend - pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" soldier - serve as a soldier in the military slum - spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" weekend - spend the weekend while away, get through - spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time sojourn - spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily overwinter, winter - spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" summer - spend the summer; "We summered in Kashmir" |
2. | spend - pay out; "spend money" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" afford - be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" underspend - spend at less than the normal rate misspend - spend (money or other resources) unwisely nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possible economise, economize, save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" lay out - spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit" piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently misspend - spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth" | |
3. | spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" overspend - spend more than available of (a budget) underspend - spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) |
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pay out keep, save, store, invest, hoard, put aside, put by
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verbspend
[spend] (spent (pt, pp))to spend sth on sth/sb → gastar algo en algo/algn
she spends too much money on clothes → gasta demasiado dinero en ropa
they've spent a fortune on the house → (se) han gastado un dineral en la casa
the buildings need a lot spending on them → a los edificios les hace falta una buena inyección de dinero
it's money well spent → es dinero bien empleado
to spend a penny (Brit) (euph) → cambiar de agua al canario
we spend time, money and effort training these people → dedicamos tiempo, dinero y trabajo a formar a estas personas
where are you spending your holiday? → ¿dónde vas a pasar las vacaciones?
he spent eight years learning his trade → pasó ocho años aprendiendo los gajes del oficio
he spends all his time sleeping → se pasa la vida durmiendo
see also night A1
the storm has spent its fury → la tempestad ha agotado or perdido su fuerza
I spend all my energy just getting to work → nada más que en llegar al trabajo se me van todas las energías
the bullets spent themselves among the trees → las balas se desperdiciaron en los árboles