spend
Part with money
To spend is to use up resources, typically money or time.
You spend dollars at the store, spend hours on a project, spend energy on a task.
The past tense spent also works as an adjective meaning exhausted or depleted: a spent force, a spent cartridge.
To spend yourself is to exhaust your energy completely.
A spendthrift spends money carelessly.
Goods obtained for payment
- buyObtain through payment
- costRequired payment amount
- outlayMoney paid for something
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
cash · dollars · transaction · afford · checkout · funds · bills · wallet
Move beyond or decline
- occupyFill or dwell in
- while awayPass time idly
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- devoteCommit fully to
invest · fill · kill · bide · leisure · whiling · linger · lounge
Use up carelessly
- fritterFried batter cake
- dissipateGradually fade away
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- blowMove air forcefully
misspend · profligate · extravagant · reckless · lavish · frivolous · imprudent · excess
Designate for specific use
- allocationDistribution of shares
- fiscalOf public revenue
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- planningArranging for future events
resources · management · forecasting · projection · financial · prioritization · rationing · distribute
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
payment · cash · dollars · transaction · afford · checkout · funds · bills · wallet · debit
pass
Move beyond or decline
- occupyFill or dwell in
- while awayPass time idly
- idleWithout activity or purpose
devote · invest · fill · kill · bide · leisure · whiling · linger · lounge · dawdle
squander
Use up carelessly
blow · misspend · profligate · extravagant · reckless · lavish · frivolous · imprudent · excess · overindulgence
exert
Put into active use
drain · consume · burn · output · effort · energy · stamina · reserves · fatigue · tire
allocate
Designate for specific use
- allocationDistribution of shares
- fiscalOf public revenue
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
planning · resources · management · forecasting · projection · financial · prioritization · rationing · distribute · earmark
- spend timeUse duration on something
- spending timeUsing duration on something
- spending moneyCash for incidentals
- big spenderOne who splurges freely
- spending spreeBout of extravagant purchasing
- government spendingState allocation of funds
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