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spending |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr & vb n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out to dispose of to part with as to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spending \Spend"ing\, n. The act of expending; expenditure. {Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spending n : the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {disbursement}, {disbursal}, {outlay}]
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