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spend
verb as in give, pay out
Strongest matches
allocate, concentrate, consume, contribute, donate, drop, employ, expend, give, invest, put in, settle, use, waste
Strong matches
absorb, apply, bestow, blow, confer, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, drain, empty, exhaust, fritter, lavish, liquidate, misspend, squander
Weak matches
ante up, cast away, come across, come through, cough up, evote, foot the bill, hand out, lay out, outlay, pay down, pay up, run through, shell out, spring for, throw away, use up
Example Sentences
The near-£450m spend in the summer has not yet offered anything in the way of improvement or progress.
Facing pressure from the Pentagon, Taiwan has sought to show the U.S. that it is committed to spending more on defense.
For Xand, his priority was spending more time with his wife and two sons.
And Washington knows about Xi's troubles: high youth unemployment, a real estate crisis, mounting local government debt and a population unwilling to spend.
The think tank cited rising borrowing costs for the government, weaker growth forecasts, and spending commitments made since the spring as reasons for the tight position.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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