Definitions
To pay money or use time, effort, or resources.
Word origin
From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend.
Used in a sentence
“I've already spent hundreds of dollars buying dog chow.”
“He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.”
“I […] am never loath / To spend my judgment.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pay out cash”5 letters
02“Use money”5 letters
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