Main Entry: spend

Pronunciation: \ˈspend\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): spent \ˈspent\; spend·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -spendan, from Medieval Latin expendere to disburse, use up, from Latin, to measure by weight, pay out — more at expend

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 : to use up or pay out : expend
2 a : exhaust, wear out <the hurricane gradually spent itself> b : to consume wastefully : squander <the waters are not ours to spend — J. R. Ellis>
3 : to cause or permit to elapse : pass <spend the night>
4 : give up, sacrificeintransitive verb 1 : to expend or waste wealth or strength
2 : to become expended or consumed
3 : to have an orgasm

— spend·able \ˈspen-də-bəl\ adjective

— spend·er noun