to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.)

resisting the temptation to spend one's money.

to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some proceeding

Don't spend much time on it.

to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.

We spent a few days in Baltimore.

to use up, consume, or exhaust

The storm had spent its fury.

to give (one's blood, life, etc.) for some cause.

to spend money, energy, time, etc.

Obsolete . to be consumed or exhausted.

verb

earn , get , receive , be lazy

verb

absorb , allocate , ante up , apply , bestow , blow * , cast away , come across , come through , concentrate , confer , consume , contribute , cough up , defray , deplete , disburse , dispense , dissipate , donate , drain , drop , employ , empty , evote , exhaust , expend , foot the bill * , fritter , give , hand out , invest , lavish , lay out , liquidate , misspend , outlay , pay down , pay up , put in , run through , settle , shell out * , spring for , squander , throw away , use , use up , waste , devote , drift , fill , fool around * , go , idle , kill , laze , let pass , misuse , pass , while away , draw down , eat up , finish , play out , pay , blow , distribute , elapse , exert , fatigue , occupy , sacrifice , splurge , spread , spring