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spend
to use money to buy things:
• I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50. • How much do you spend a week on food?
go through something
( also get through something British English ) to spend all of an amount of money over a period of time – used especially when saying that someone spends a lot of money:
• I got through all my money in less than a month, and had to get my parents to send me more.
go to great expense
to spend a lot of money in order to do something, because you think it is important or special:
• The party was wonderful – they had obviously gone to great expense. • There’s no need to go to great expense.
squander
to waste money on unnecessary things, instead of saving it or using it carefully:
• His son had squandered the family fortune on gambling and women.
splash out
British English informal to spend a lot of money on something you really want or will enjoy:
• Let’s splash out on a bottle of champagne. • People often splash out for Christmas and then regret it later.
blow
informal to spend a lot of money on something, especially on something that you do not really need:
• Her husband blew all their savings on a new sports car.
economize
to spend less money:
• We’re trying to economize by eating at home instead of going out for meals.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb ADV. wisely Try to be objective if you want to spend your money wisely. | lavishly PREP. on The company spent a lot on advertising.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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see POCKET (SPENDING) MONEY.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb
take:
Where will you spend your vacation.
verb
use:
She can spend a lot of money there.
Simple Definitions