spend (/spend/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /spend/
Meaning
Meaning: use money or time
To pay out money, or to pass time doing something. It applies to both money and time.
Examples
🗣 We plan to spend the whole weekend hiking in the national park.
Etymology
From Old English ‘spendan’, from Latin ‘expendere’ (to weigh out, pay).
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for using money and time.
Tags: money, time