Meaning of spend In English

• 0 to give money as a payment for something:

  • How much did you spend?

  • I don't know how I managed to spend so much in the club last night.

  • We spent a fortune when we were in New York.

  • She spends a lot of money on clothes.

  • We've just spent $1.9 million on improving our computer network.

  • We went on a spending spree (= we bought a lot of things) on Saturday.

• 1 to use time doing something or being somewhere:

  • I think we need to spend more time together.

  • I spent a lot of time cleaning that room.

  • I've spent years building up my collection.

  • I spent an hour at the station waiting for the train.

  • How long do you spend on your homework?

  • My sister always spends ages in the bathroom.

  • We spent the weekend in Buenos Aires.

  • You can spend the night here if you like.

• 2 to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left:

  • For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job.

  • They continued firing until all their ammunition was spent (= there was none of it left).

  • The hurricane will probably have spent most of its force (= most of its force will have gone) by the time it reaches the northern parts of the country.

  • Her anger soon spent itself (= stopped).

• 3 the amount of money that is spent on something:

  • The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds.

• 4 to give money as a payment for something:

  • [ T ] We spent a lot of money on our vacation but we had a great time.

• 5 to use time; to allow time to go past:

  • It doesn’t look as if you spent very long on your homework.

  • I’ve spent many years building up my collection.

  • You can spend the night here if you like (= stay here for the night).

• 6 to use energy, effort, force, etc., until there is no more left:

  • For the past month he’s been spending all his energy trying to find a job.

• 7 to give money as a payment for something:

  • How much did you spend?

  • spend sth on sth We've just spent €1.9 million on improving our computer network.

  • We've spent too much money on advertising that isn't working.

  • We spent a fortune when we were in New York.

• 8 to use time doing something or being somewhere:

  • spend time doing sth They need to spend more time improving customer relations.

  • spend time on sth I spent a lot of time on that report.

  • How long do you spend at the computer each day?

  • spend years/ages I've spent years building up this company.

  • spend a day/week/year, etc. We spent last weekend working.

• 9 to use energy, effort, force, etc., especially until there is no more left:

  • For the past month he's been spending all his energy trying to find a job.

• 10 the amount of money that is spent on a particular activity:

  • the spend on/for sth The total spend on the project was almost a million pounds.

  • If your company's annual spend on telephone calls exceeds $3,000, then it would be worth changing plans.

  • the total/actual spend BP will spend $1 billion more this year, raising the total spend to $15 billion.

  • advertising/marketing/promotional spend