| spend | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. pass, spend | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| ~ soldier | serve as a soldier in the military. |
| ~ slum | spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" |
| ~ weekend | spend the weekend. |
| ~ holiday, vacation | spend or take a vacation. |
| ~ serve, do | spend time in prison or in a labor camp.; "He did six years for embezzlement" |
| ~ while away, get through | spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time. |
| ~ sojourn | spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily. |
| ~ overwinter, winter | spend the winter.; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" |
| ~ summer | spend the summer.; "We summered in Kashmir" |
| v. (possession) | 2. drop, expend, spend | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ ware, squander, consume, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| ~ afford | be able to spare or give up.; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on.; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
| ~ trifle away, wanton away, wanton | spend wastefully.; "wanton one's money away" |
| ~ underspend | spend at less than the normal rate. |
| ~ misspend | spend (money or other resources) unwisely. |
| ~ nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch | spend money frugally; spend as little as possible. |
| ~ invest, commit, put, place | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ economise, economize, save | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" |
| ~ lay out | spend or invest.; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit" |
| ~ piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away | waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. |
| ~ misspend | spend time badly or unwisely.; "He misspent his youth" |
| v. (possession) | 3. spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ overspend | spend more than available of (a budget). |
| ~ underspend | spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example). |
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