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spend
verb as in give, pay out
Strongest matches
allocate, concentrate, consume, contribute, donate, drop, employ, expend, give, invest, put in, settle, use, waste
Strong matches
absorb, apply, bestow, blow, confer, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, drain, empty, exhaust, fritter, lavish, liquidate, misspend, squander
Weak matches
ante up, cast away, come across, come through, cough up, evote, foot the bill, hand out, lay out, outlay, pay down, pay up, run through, shell out, spring for, throw away, use up
Example Sentences
Aside from inflation, economists worried tariffs would drag down consumer spending, which accounts for almost 70% of gross domestic product.
Over the next decade, Iran would spend hundreds of millions of dollars in supporting Al-Houthi’s militants with arms, fuel and cash, according to the State Department.
See: Is Big Tech’s soaring AI spending creating a bubble?
Due to cost-of-living pressures persisting, many parts of the entertainment industry are seeing revenue slow down as people cut back on discretionary spending.
A $150-a-round minimum sounds nice until you realize that is less than what California’s state commission requires—and likely less than a fighter spends just getting to the ring.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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