spend

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /spεnd/
• SAMPA: /spEnd/

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Verb

Plain form spend

Third-person singular spends

Past tense spent

Past participle spent

Present participle spending

1. (transitive) When you spend money, you give the money to buy something.

   I spend too much at the book store each month.

   I spent a lot at that store last month.

2. to pass, to use

   I spend my free time reading and relaxing.

   She spends her morning hours house-cleaning.

   I spent my afternoon hours in meditation.

   He is spending his holiday in Aruba.