name
Meaning 1
A surname
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spender
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈspɛndə/
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US: /ˈspɛndɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who spends money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disburser, expender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: customer, client
noun
Meaning 4
someone who spends money prodigally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spendthrift, spend-all, scattergood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prodigal, profligate, squanderer
Narrower terms: big spender, high roller
noun
Meaning 5
English poet and critic (1909-1995)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Stephen Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: literary critic, poet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spendere English spender Inherited from Middle English spendere, equivalent to spend + -er.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прахосник (prahosnik) — A person who spends money
- Māori: kaiwhakapau — A person who spends money