expender

Definitions of expender
  1. verb
    pay out
    synonyms: gastar
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    disminuir, mermar, reducir
    use up (resources or materials)
    derrochar
    spend extravagantly
    escatimar, regatear
    be able to spare or give up
    despilfarrar
    spend wastefully
    malgastar
    spend (money or other resources) unwisely
    tacañear
    spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
    invertir
    make an investment
    desperdiciar
    waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
    malgastar
    spend time badly or unwisely
    debilitar
    deplete of resources
    malgastar
    spend frivolously and unwisely
    disfrutar
    become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
    quemar
    use up (energy)
    derrochar, malgastar
    expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
    agotar, consumir
    spend completely
    especular
    invest at a risk
    agotar
    deplete
    type of:
    abonar, pagar
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
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