Spending [verb]

Definition of Spending:

give, pay out

Synonyms of Spending:

● Use

● Waste

● Consume

● Give

● Invest

● Contribute

● Expend

● Employ

● Settle

● Concentrate

● Allocate

● Drop

● Donate

● Blow

● Exhaust

● Confer

● Drain

● Squander

● Dispense

● Misspend

● Defray

● Disburse

● Lavish

● Bestow

● Deplete

● Dissipate

● Absorb

● Apply

● Liquidate

● Empty

● Fritter

● Come across

● Come through

● Foot the bill

● Hand out

● Lay out

● Outlay

● Run through

● Shell out

● Throw away

● Put in

● Ante up

● Cast away

● Cough up

● Evote

● Pay down

● Pay up

● Spring for

● Use up


Opposite/Antonyms of Spending:

● Be lazy

● Receive

● Get

● Earn

● Set aside

● Fill

● Take away

● Take

● Keep

● Hold

● Neglect

● Build

● Save

● Hoard

● Shun

● Withhold


Sentence/Example of Spending:

He had, therefore, merely gone to the city, and was spending his time in the taverns.

I have no idea of spending another thousand years as I spent the last.

"My friend, who is spending a few weeks with me," explained the Doctor.

He drove over to see her while she was spending a few days with an aunt in Sudleigh.

Eagerly I worked at the laboratory, spending most of my evenings in study.

Actually, since I have got back to London, I am spending all my surplus cash on hansoms.

He's taken to drink, and is spending in wickedness the money his father left him.

After spending the night at Clermont, the voyage was resumed on Wednesday.

She shivered at the thought of spending hours, days, in this place alone.

Why, I have been at the whiskey shop, spending my last sixpence.