Synonyms for spend
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1. spend

   Synonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, squander, waste

   Antonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

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1. spend

   Synonyms:
   bestow, waste, exhaust, squander, expend, lay out, consume, disburse, lavish

   Antonyms:
   retain, save, hoard, accumulate, husband, economize

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1. spend, passverb

   pass time in a specific way

   "how are you spending your summer vacation?"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, turn over, go, slide by, fade, hand, drop, legislate, happen, egest, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, expend, transcend, make it, authorize, expire, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, snuff it, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, come about, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, travel by, glide by, extend, decease, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

2. spend, expend, dropverb

   pay out

   "spend money"

   Synonyms:
   unload, fell, dribble, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, neglect, devolve, expend, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, use, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, overlook, knock off, miss, cast off, shed, omit

3. spendverb

   spend completely

   "I spend my pocket money in two days"

   Synonyms:
   pass, expend, drop

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1. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse, lay out

2. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up

3. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   employ, devote, bestow, apply

4. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   pass, lead

5. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   lay out money, incur expense

6. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   vanish, be lost, be consumed

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1. spendverb

   Synonyms:
   expend, disburse

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1. List of paraphrases for "spend":

   devote, expend, spending, pass, dedicate, skip, respend, invest, allocate, expenditure, go, move

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1. Kristalina Georgieva:

   In terms of policies for right now, very unusual for the IMF, starting in March I would go out and I would say: ‘please spend’. Spend as much as you can and then spend a little bit more, i continue to advocate for monetary policy accommodation and fiscal policies that protect the economy from collapse at a time when we are on purpose restricting both production and consumption.

2. Peter Ustinov:

   Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year

3. Dorit Rabinyan novel:

   The two heroes spend a winter overseas and manage to get to know each other in great detail, something that could not happen on the disputed land, perhaps their ability to surmount the obstacles of the Middle East conflict is what threatens the Education Ministry.

4. Tim Gray:

   The message of the movie is even though you are unemployed and you haven't gotten all the success you deserve, you are still an amazing, terrific person, i think everybody in the Academy can relate to that because that's the state of normalcy for the film industry, that you spend a lot of time unemployed.

5. Kelly McCreary:

   After nine seasons, I am saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Grey Sloan family. It has been a tremendous honor to be a part of such a legendary television institution as ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ i will always be grateful to Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff and ABC for the opportunity, and to the incredible fans for their passionate support. To spend nine years exploring a character inside and out, while reaching a global audience with impactful stories, is a rare gift.