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Meaning of spring for | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To pay for; to offer money.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“Wal-Mart . . . would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

spring into action spring out spring the luff spring to life spring to mind spring to somebody's defence

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