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spend

Noun CEFR A2 Common
spɛnd

Definitions

  1. Take something achieve.
  2. To pay out (money)
  3. Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
  4. Form to relate with a person.
  5. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon
  6. Expenditures; money or pocket money.
  7. a person who spends his money freely and carelessly. spandabelrig مُبَذِّر، مُسْرِف прахосник perdulário marnotratník, -ice der/die Verschwender(in) ødeland σπάταλοςderrochador (raha)raiskaja tuhlari dépensier/-ière בזבזן अपव्ययी, फिजुलखर्च rasipnik, raspikuća pazarló pemboros eyðslukló spendaccione 浪費家 방탕아 švaistūnas izšķērdētājs boros verkwisterødeland, pengesløser osoba rozrzutna هغه څوك چي خپلي پيسي په هر شي مصرفوي perdulário risipitor транжира márnotratník, -čka zapravljivec rasipnik slö...
  8. By extension, spend ''very''.
  9. To squander
  10. Discharged semen.
  11. vi. [money] gastar, [energy] gastar, consumir; [time] pasar.
  12. To exhaust, to wear out
  13. Vaginal discharge.
  14. To use up or put out; expend: spent an hour exercising.
  15. To consume, to use up (time)
  16. To pay out (money).
  17. To wear out; exhaust: The storm finally spent itself.
  18. To pass (time) in a specified manner or place: spent their vacation in Paris.
  19. To throw away; squander: spent all their resources on futile projects.
  20. To pay out or expend money.
  21. To be exhausted or consumed.
  22. An amount of money spent on something: doubled the spend on computers.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

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العربيةأنفقإصرفصرفقضى
Българскиразходи
Cymraegtreulio
Danskbruge
Ελληνικάξοδεύω
Gaeilgecáith
हिन्दीखर्च करना
Íslenskaeyða
ភាសាខ្មែរចំណាយ
ລາວຈ່າຍ
Lietuviųleisti
Bahasa Melayubelanja
Portuguêsgastargastogastosjatopassar
Românăcheltui
Shqipprish
Tagaloggastusin
Tiếng Việttiêu

Examples

“I’m sorry, boss, but the advertising spend exceeded the budget again this month.”
Total January spends by year
The spends have been made by our strategic partners […]”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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