spend

(noun, verb)

noun

1. Amount spent (during a period), expenditure

- I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.

2. (pluralized) expenditures; money or pocket money.

3. Discharged semen

4. Vaginal discharge

verb

1. use up a period of time in a specific way

- how are you spending your summer vacation?

Similar word(s): pass

Definition categories: stative

2. pay out

- spend money

Similar word(s): drop, expend

Definition categories: possession, pay

3. spend completely

- I spend my pocket money in two days

Definition categories: possession, consume, deplete, eat, exhaust

Sentences with spend as a verb:

- He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.

- to spend an estate in gambling

- My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.

- Energy spends in the using of it.