Entry Word: spend

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to hand over or use up in payment <I always end up spending too much money at the mall>

Synonyms disburse, expend, give, lay out, pay

Related Words lavish, rain; blow; squander, waste

Near Antonyms cache, hoard, save; acquire, earn, make

2 to make complete use of <the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and itʼs only January> — see deplete
3 to use up carelessly <spent all his energy on impractical schemes> — see waste 1