SPEND
What does "SPEND" mean?
To pay out money for goods or services.
Meanings
- To pay out money in exchange for something. They spend most of their paycheck on rent.
- To use up or pass time in a particular way. We spent the afternoon untangling fishing line.
- To use up or exhaust a resource or one's energy. By the last mile the runners had spent every reserve.
- An amount of money paid out, especially in marketing or business. The agency doubled its ad spend for the holidays. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'spendan', borrowed from Latin 'expendere' (to pay out, weigh out), from 'ex-' (out) plus 'pendere' (to weigh).
Remember it
SPEND ends the same as 'end' - what your money does when you spend it.
A little poem
Coins are easy; they only buy.
It's the hours you spend you can't re-supply.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the broke clock go to therapy? It kept spending time it didn't have.
What it teaches
You can earn money back, but every hour you spend is paid in full and never refunded.
Quick facts
What does SPEND mean?
To pay out money for goods or services.
Is SPEND a valid word?
Yes — SPEND is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPEND?
SPEND has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPEND come from?
From Old English 'spendan', borrowed from Latin 'expendere' (to pay out, weigh out), from 'ex-' (out) plus 'pendere' (to weigh).
What can SPEND teach us?
You can earn money back, but every hour you spend is paid in full and never refunded.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.