spend

[spend] / spɛnd /

VERB

give, pay out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate concentrate consume contribute donate drop employ expend give invest put in settle use waste

STRONG

absorb apply bestow blow confer defray deplete disburse dispense dissipate drain empty exhaust fritter lavish liquidate misspend squander

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build hold keep neglect save shun take take away withhold

STRONG

fill hoard set aside

WEAK

be lazy earn get receive

VERB

use time; occupy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consume devote employ go kill put in waste

STRONG

drift fill fritter idle laze misuse pass squander

WEAK

fool around let pass while away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build create misuse

STRONG

save take use

WEAK

be lazy earn get receive

Example Sentences

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Steel last year in a controversial deal, said it expects to spend $2 billion to $2.5 billion at Mon Valley Works over the next three years to replace the equipment that rolls steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Grandparents are often forced to spend down their resources.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"We used to spend a lot of time telling people what they should and shouldn't do," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

People should have access to healthy food, people should be able to spend time with their children, people should all have access to the outdoors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Members of our group, too, who had to spend the night, kept raincoats, hats, anything they had brought with them, in that room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

spend

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