# spend

Pronunciation: say "SPEND" /spɛnd/

## Verb

1. To use up or pass time on a particular activity.
   - Simple: To use up time doing a particular thing.
   - _I spend most evenings reading by the fire._
   - _They spent the whole afternoon arguing about money._
2. To pay out money in exchange for goods or services.
   - Simple: To pay out money to buy goods or services.
   - _They spend most of their paycheck on rent and groceries._
   - _He spent a small fortune renovating the old house._
5. To use up completely or wear out through use, or to be used up in this way.
   - Simple: To use all of something until there is none left, or to be used up like this.
   - _Soldiers spend their strength quickly in heavy fighting._
   - _The waves spent themselves against the rocks._
6. To bestow or apply effort, care, or attention on a person or task.
   - Simple: To give your effort, care, or attention to something.
   - _A good editor will spend real care on every page, even the ones no reviewer will read._
   - _She spent her talents upon causes she believed in._

## Noun

3. The total amount of money paid out over a given period; expenditure.
   - Simple: The total amount of money used over a period of time.
   - _Marketing spend rose sharply in the final quarter._
   - _Households reduced their spend during the recession._
4. An individual sum of money paid out, or (in the plural) money for spending, such as pocket money.
   - Simple: A single sum of money spent, or (in the plural) money you have to spend, like pocket money.
   - _Buying the van was our biggest spend of the year, but it has already paid for itself._
   - _The children counted their spends before heading into the fair._

## Verb

7. To squander; to use up wastefully. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To waste money or resources in a careless way.
8. To spread, or to become diffused into or through something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To spread out into or through something.
9. To reach orgasm; to ejaculate sexually. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To reach sexual climax, or to release semen.

## Other meanings

- (verb) In mining, to break ground, or to go on working an excavation.
- (noun) Semen that has been discharged.
- (noun) Fluid discharged from the vagina.

## Origin

From Middle English 'spenden', from Old English 'spendan', from Proto-West Germanic '*spendōn', which was borrowed from Latin 'expendere' ('to weigh out'). It is a doublet of 'expend' and is related to Old High German 'spentōn' (source of German 'spenden', 'to donate') and Middle Dutch 'spenden'.

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