spends
Passes, as time
Spends is the third-person singular of spend—to use up money, time, or energy: She spends too much on clothes, He spends his evenings reading.
As a plural noun, spends refers to expenditures, common in business contexts: Marketing spends are up this quarter.
Money spent on things
- purchasesGoods obtained for money
- costsAmounts required to pay
- paymentsMoney given for obligations
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
bills · buying · retail · checkout · transactions · outlay · disbursement · charges
Using up of resources
- usingPutting into service
- depletingProgressively using up
- allocationDistribution of shares
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
supplies · reserves · materials · assets · utilizing · stockpile · inventory · squandering
Collected works or assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- capitalWealth used for investment
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
returns · savings · retirement · 401(k) · IRA · assets · wealth · equities
expenses
Money spent on things
bills · shopping · buying · retail · checkout · transactions · outlay · disbursement · charges · fees
consumption
Using up of resources
- usingPutting into service
- depletingProgressively using up
- allocationDistribution of shares
rationing · supplies · reserves · materials · assets · utilizing · stockpile · inventory · squandering · conserving
portfolio
Collected works or assets
dividends · returns · savings · retirement · 401(k) · IRA · assets · wealth · equities · securities
exertion
Vigorous physical effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
exhaustion · draining · depleting · burning · expending · output · reserves · vigor · vitality · endurance
hours
Sixty-minute spans
waiting · passing · whiling · idling · lingering · devoting · investing · wasting · occupying · duration
- 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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