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Synonyms for spend:


verb give, pay out

allocate
concentrate
consume
contribute
donate
drop
employ
expend
give
invest
settle
use
waste
absorb
apply
bestow
blow
confer
defray
deplete
disburse
dispense
dissipate
drain
empty
exhaust
fritter
lavish
liquidate
misspend
squander
evote
outlay

verb use time; occupy

consume
devote
employ
go
kill
waste
drift
fill
fritter
idle
laze
misuse
pass
squander

Examples of uses:

If we have energy to spend, let's spend it against those who have reduced us to this.
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I didn't spend five shillings on setting lotion and two hours in rollers only to spend the evening knitting with the nuns.
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Listen, if we have to spend the night, we'll spend the night!
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You do. Your whole life, you spend so much time expecting the worst you don't even notice the moments when people are loving you. And, Pacey, people spend a lot of time loving you.
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This way you and grandma can spend more time together. you and grandma can spend more time together
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Want to spend any time with me anymore. We spend our lives in bed!
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I spend three years there for every year I spend here at home.
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Now, how much you wanna spend? - I don't wanna spend nothin'.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Radin! Let me out of here! If i'm to spend my last quarter hour on earth i'd rather spend it with a stray cat or alone in central park or in a city full of strangers whose names i'll never know.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Brewer has overtaken him, but he's going to spend a penny. There goes Brewer to spend a penny.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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