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   Spend (?), v. t. [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”.
   
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   Spend thou that in the town. Shak.
   
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   Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Isa. lv. 2.
   
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   2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
   
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   I . . . am never loath
   
   To spend my judgment. Herbert.
   
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   3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, “to spend an estate in gaming or other vices”.
   
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   4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, “to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad”.
   
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   We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9.
   
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   5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, “the violence of the waves was spent”.
   
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   Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. Knolles.
   
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   Spending, n. The act of expending; expenditure.
   
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   Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
   
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