spend
English
/spɛnd/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- (dated) To squander.
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- To consume, to use up (time).
- (dated) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- (intransitive) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- (mining) To break ground; to continue working.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spenden inherited from Old English spendan inherited from *spendōn (spend) derived from Latin expendere (weigh out, spend) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pend-
Gloss
pull, spin, stretch
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispending English
- appendage English
- bespend English
- compendious English
- expenditure English
- forespend English
- forspend English
- impending English
- misspend English
- misspender English
- misspendest English
- misspendeth English
- misspending English
- nonspender English
- nonspending English
- outspend English
- overspend English
- overspender English
- pendant English
- pendent English
- postpend English
- prepend English
- propend English
- respend English
- spendability English
- spendable English
- spendaholic English
- spendathon English
- spender English
- spendest English
- spendeth English
- spending English
- spendocrat English
- spendthrift English
- spendthriftness English
- spendworthy English
- spendy English
- suspend English
- thrift English
- underspend English
- underspender English
- unspend English
- unspendable English
- circumpendeo Latin
- compendium Latin
- dependeo Latin
- dē- Latin
- expendere Latin
- expendo Latin
- expendō Latin
- impendeo Latin
- impendere Latin
- pendēre Latin
- ponderare Latin
- praependeo Latin
- propendeo Latin
- pēnsiōnem Latin
- spenda Latin
- spendere Latin
- stipendium Latin
- suspendo Latin
- spenden German
- spendieren German
- pensionare Italian
- spendere Italian
- penchant French
- expender Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-os Proto-Indo-European
- *pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *fintô Proto-Germanic
- *spannō Proto-Germanic
- forspendan Old English
- spendan Old English
- spendung Old English
- appenden Middle English
- forspenden Middle English
- misspenden Middle English
- spenden Middle English
- spendere Middle English
- spendyng Middle English
- spenna Old Norse
- *pędь Proto-Slavic
- spenna Icelandic
- spentōn Old High German
- spënta Old High German
- spenden Middle High German
- *spendōn gmw-pro
- *pendēō Proto-Italic
- ovaspen Bislama
- spendy
- thrift
- propend
- bespend
- pendent
- unspend
- suspend
- respend
- pendant
- spender
- prepend
- forspend
- spendest
- misspend
- postpend
- outspend
- spendeth
- spending
- forespend
- overspend
- appendage
- spendable
- impending
- spendocrat
- nonspender
- spendathon
- underspend
- misspender
- nonspending
- spendworthy
- compendious
- spendthrift
- spendaholic
- unspendable
- expenditure
- misspendest
- misspendeth
- overspender
- misspending
- underspender
- antispending
- spendability
- spendthriftness