Another word for spend
spend
v.
To expend
consume, deplete, waste, dispense, contribute, donate, give, liquidate, exhaust, squander, disburse, allocate, pay, discharge, lay out, pay up, settle, defray, drain one's resources, empty one's purse, bestow, use up, put in, confer, misspend, absorb, prodigalize, throw away, cast away, foot the bill*, ante up*, open the purse*, fork out*, pony up*, blow*.
To pass time
while away, let pass, idle, fritter away, misuse, occupy oneself, employ, fill, put in, squander, kill, fool away, drift, laze; see also consume 2, use 1, waste 2.
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Another word for spend
To use all of:
consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, use up. (Informal) polish off. See increaseTo be depleted:
consume, go. Idiom: go down the drain. See increaseTo distribute (money) as payment:
disburse, expend, give, lay out, outlay, pay (out). (Informal) fork out (or over) (or up), shell out. See saveTo use time in a particular way:
pass, put in. See time
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