SPENDING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

spending

verb

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present participle of spend

as in paying

to hand over or use up in payment I always end up spending too much money at the mall

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as in consuming

to make complete use of the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January

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as in wasting

to use up carelessly spent all his energy on impractical schemes

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Recent Examples of spending Charging documents allege 45-year-old Kelley Ann Haley used the club's debit cards for hundreds of unauthorized purchases and ATM withdrawals between 2019 and early 2025, spending the money on personal expenses, including travel, shopping, and utility bills. —

Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 6 May 2026 That's unfathomably more than in the past election, when spending on the races totaled less than $1 million. —

Susan Page, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft are collectively spending many hundreds of billions of dollars a year on capex to build out massive data centers filled with AI chips and systems. —

Mackenzie Sigalos,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 6 May 2026 After spending five years with the Duke Blue Devils, Aaron Hall is ready to embark on his NFL dream not too far away from his hometown of Durham. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026 The big bet on AI—the near-trillion dollars that hyperscalers are spending to build out the technology’s infrastructure—is predicated on the belief that productivity will skyrocket. —

Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 May 2026 Correa began his career with the Astros, spending his first seven seasons in Houston before departing for the Minnesota Twins in free agency. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The last of the four is about five months old and is in the zoo’s hospital, spending some of his time in an incubator. —

Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026 If a minor is working without a valid permit, spending too many hours at the workplace or performing a job they’re not legally allowed to do, both the child’s employer and parent can be held legally responsible. —

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Local unions can avoid a recertification vote by having 60% of teachers paying dues, which automatically re-certifies the chapter.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
Under this framework, companies connecting significant new demand to the grid are responsible for paying the costs associated with serving their projects, including 100% of any new power generation required to serve their needs.

— Scott Bores, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026