From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spending \Spend"ing\, n.
The act of expending; expenditure.
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{Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary)
personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or
dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant},
and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing.
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Spend thou that in the town. --Shak.
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Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread? --Isa. lv. 2.
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2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
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I . . . am never loath
To spend my judgment. --Herbert.
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3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to
spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
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4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a
day idly; to spend winter abroad.
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We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
9.
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5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
as, the violence of the waves was spent.
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Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.
--Knolles.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spending
n 1: the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {spending},
{disbursement}, {disbursal}, {outlay}]
2: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: {outgo}, {spending},
{expenditure}, {outlay}] [ant: {income}]
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