Word Meaning

spends definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for spends

- 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)
- Forks out
- Fritters away
- Outlays
- Pays out
- Pays out money
- Uses money