- spend energy
- waste vigor, use energy
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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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
Energy Policy Act of 2005 — Enacted by the 109th United States Congress Citations Public Law … Wikipedia
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., 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 — ► 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 — ▪ I. spend spend 1 [spend] verb spent PTandPP [spent] [intransitive, transitive] 1. to use your money to buy or pay for things: • How much do we have to spend? • It is worth spending money on advertising … Financial and business terms
spend — I UK [spend] / US verb Word forms spend : present tense I/you/we/they spend he/she/it spends present participle spending past tense spent UK [spent] / US past participle spent *** Get it right: spend: When you use spend with another verb, to talk … English dictionary
spend — [[t]spe̱nd[/t]] ♦ spends, spending, spent 1) VERB When you spend money, you pay money for things that you want. [V n] By the end of the holiday I had spent all my lire... [V n ing] Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products...… … English dictionary
