Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
gerund of spend, expenditure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of spend
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of spending or disbursing money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disbursement, disbursal, outlay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment
Narrower terms: expending, expenditure, deficit spending, compensatory spending, pump priming
noun
money paid out; an amount spent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: outgo, expenditure, outlay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transferred property, transferred possession
Narrower terms: cost, expense, transfer payment
History
From Middle English spendyng, spendynge, from Old English spendung (“spending”), equivalent to spend + -ing. Cognate with German Spendung (“contribution, donation”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
