1. The act of spending or disbursing money
   - disbursement, disbursal, outlay 
2. Money paid out; an amount spent
   - outgo [archaic], expenditure, outlay

1. Pass time in a specific way
   "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
   - pass 
2. Pay out
   "spend money"
   - expend, drop 
3. Spend completely
   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

Derived forms: spendings

See also: spender

Type of: consume, defrayal, defrayment, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, pay, payment, run through, transferred possession, transferred property, use up, wipe out

Encyclopedia: Spending

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