spend

spend: spend
past tense, past participle - spent; verb

1) (to use up or pay out (money): He spends more than he earns.) bruke penger

2) (to pass (time): I spent a week in Spain this summer.) tilbringe

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- spent
- spendthrift

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I
subst. \/spend\/

(hverdagslig) utgift, utlegg
II
verb (spent - spent) \/spend\/

1) (om penger) bruke, gi ut, legge ned, ofre, spandere, forbruke, sløse bort, koste (på)

• he spent £150 on the coat

han brukte £150 på jakken

• all his money was spent on alcohol

alle pengene hans gikk med til sprit

• I have spent a lot of money on the house

jeg har kostet en hel del på huset

2) bruke opp, legge ned, forbruke, uttømme, ødsle bort

• she spent all her strength on the job only to find out it was all in vain

hun brukte alle kreftene sine på jobben bare for å finne ut at det var helt bortkastet

3) tilbringe, fordrive

• she spent some time in Stockholm

hun tilbragte en tid i Stockholm

• spend a whole evening over a job

tilbringe en hel kveld med en jobb

4) (sjøfart) miste

• the ship has spent its mast

5) anvende, bruke

6) (hverdagslig, vanligvis preteritum) få orgasme, ejakulere

spend a penny (slang) slå lens, late vannet

spend freely strø om seg med penger

spend one's breath snakke forgjeves

spend oneself slite seg ut, ofre alle sine krefter rase ut

• the storm has spent itself

uværet har stilnet av

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Synonyms:

Expend, disburse, lay out, dispose of, part with, Lay out money, incur expense / Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up, Vanish, be lost, be consumed, dissipate, spread / Employ, devote, bestow, apply, pass / Waste, wear away, exhaust of force

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spend — W1S1 [spend] v past tense and past participle spent [spent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3 4¦(force/effort)¦ 5 spend a penny ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Partly from Latin expendere ( EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French … Dictionary of contemporary English
spend — [ spend ] (past tense and past participle spent [ spent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use money to pay for things: How much money did you spend? spend for: This year we will spend more money for medical care. spend something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spend — /spend/ past tense and past participle spent /spent/ verb 1 MONEY (I, T) to use your money to buy or pay for things: spend money/ 5/$10/a lot: I spent so much money this weekend! | spend money etc on sth: More money should be spent on health and… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spend — spend, *expend, disburse can mean to pay out money or an equivalent of money for something or in expectation of some return. Spend is the ordinary term; it may be used regardless of the amount dealt out in the purchase of something {spend a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spend — Spend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one s money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some… … Universalium
spend´er — spend «spehnd», verb, spent, spend|ing. –v.t. 1. to pay out: »She spent ten dollars shopping for food today. 2. to use (labor, material, thought, or some other re … Useful english dictionary
spend*/*/*/ — [spend] (past tense and past participle spent [spent] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use money to pay for things How much money did you spend?[/ex] You spend too much on clothes.[/ex] 2) [T] to stay somewhere, or to do something, for a period of time We… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
spend — ► VERB (past and past part. spent) 1) pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services. 2) use or use up (energy or resources); exhaust. 3) pass (time) in a specified way. ► NOUN informal ▪ an amount of money paid out. ● … English terms dictionary
Spend — Spend, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. [1913 Webster] He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — [v1] give, pay out absorb, allocate, ante up*, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up*, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty,… … New thesaurus

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