spendthrift

Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said Thursday that the results offer the “latest evidence that consumers have continued their spendthrift ways.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

When it became clear mom was nearing the end of her life, I suggested she set up a spendthrift trust to protect his inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024

Mr. Tomony who owned the pawnshop came home in a hansom cab from his spendthrift evening in New York.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

I will uphold his wishes, but if I outlive him and there’s no agreement in place, I would likely give little to nothing to his children because they are irresponsible spendthrifts.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

Sacrifice sheer consumer quantity in favor of quality spendthrifts?

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022

How can I persuade my parents not to be spendthrifts on our dime?

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

The reason massive stars are such spendthrifts is that, as we saw above, the rate of fusion depends very strongly on the star’s core temperature.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The mistake of vituperative William, the error of hiccuping and unsteady James, is the supposition that cabs were made for none but extortionate rascals to drive, and none but opulent spendthrifts to ride in.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various