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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spend \Spend\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. --Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2.
2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. --Herbert.
3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc. 9.
5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. --Knolles.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spending \Spend"ing\, noun The act of expending; expenditure.
{Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spending
noun: the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {disbursement}, {disbursal}, {outlay}]
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