'Spending' definitions:
Definition of 'spending'
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noun
noun
Definition of 'Spending'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. [1913 Webster]
- I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad. [1913 Webster]
- We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. [1913 Webster]
- Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spending'
From: GCIDE
- Spending \Spend"ing\, n. The act of expending; expenditure. [1913 Webster]
- Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]