- áspendan
- wv/t1b to spend, expend, distribute, squander, consume
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
áspendan
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spend — /spend/, v., spent, spending. v.t. 1. to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one s money. 2. to employ (labor, thought, words, time, etc.), as on some object or in some… … Universalium
spenden — Vsw std. (9. Jh., firspenton 8. Jh.), mhd. spenden, ahd. spentōn, as. in spendunga, mndd. spenden, mndl. spenden Entlehnung. Wie ae. āspendan, forspendan entlehnt aus ml. spendere aus l. expendere abwägen, ausgeben (Speise, Spesen), zu l. pendere … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
spend — [[t]spɛnd[/t]] v. spent, spend•ing 1) to pay out or otherwise dispose of (money, resources, etc.) 2) to expend (time, labor, thought, etc.) on some enterprise 3) to pass (time) in a particular manner, place, etc.: to spend a few days in… … From formal English to slang
