spend

v pass time in a specific way

“how are you spending your summer vacation?”

Synonyms:: pass

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; soldier
serve as a soldier in the military; slum
spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; weekend
spend the weekend; holiday, vacation
spend or take a vacation; do, serve
spend time in prison or in a labor camp; get through, while away
spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time; sojourn
spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily; overwinter, winter
spend the winter; summer
spend the summer; admit
serve as a means of entrance; honeymoon
spend a holiday after one's marriage

v pay out

“spend money”

Synonyms:: drop, expend

Types:: show 30 types...; hide 30 types...; consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
use up (resources or materials); consume, squander, ware, waste
spend extravagantly; afford
be able to spare or give up; blow
spend lavishly or wastefully on; trifle away, wanton, wanton away
spend wastefully; underspend
spend at less than the normal rate; misspend
spend (money or other resources) unwisely; nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch
spend money frugally; spend as little as possible; commit, invest, place, put
make an investment; economise, economize, save
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; lay out
spend or invest; piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently; misspend
spend time badly or unwisely; run out
exhaust the supply of; drain
deplete of resources; indulge, luxuriate
enjoy to excess; dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot
spend frivolously and unwisely; luxuriate, wanton
become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously; burn, burn off, burn up
use up (energy); fund
invest money in government securities; lavish, shower
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; overspend
spend at a high rate; tighten one's belt
live frugally and use less resources; fling, splurge
indulge oneself; roll over
re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security; shelter
invest (money) so that it is not taxable; tie up
invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; job, speculate
invest at a risk; exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire
deplete; buy into
buy stocks or shares of a company

Type of:: pay
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

v spend completely

“I spend my pocket money in two days”

Types:: overspend
spend more than available of (a budget); underspend
spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

Type of:: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
use up (resources or materials)

DEFINITIONS OF: spend

v pass time in a specific way

v pay out

v spend completely