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Meaning of spend

- To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
- To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
- To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
- To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
- To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
- To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
- To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To break ground; to continue working.

Crossword clue for spend

- Consume
- Cough up
- Fork out
- Fritter away
- Lay out money
- Outlay
- Outlay (cash)
- Part with cash
- Part with cash while away
- Pass (holidays)
- Pass (time)
- Pay for exhaust
- Pay out
- Pay out cash
- Pay out money
- Put up
- Splash out
- Squander
- Use money
- Use up (money)