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Meaning of spending

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spending

Pronunciation:/ˈspɛndɪŋ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Present participle of spend, expenditure.

  2. An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.

    Example: excessive spendings

spending

Pronunciation:/ˈspɛndɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To pay out (money).

    Example: He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.

  2. To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

  3. To squander.

    Example: to spend an estate in gambling

  4. To exhaust, to wear out.

    Example: The violence of the waves was spent.