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(a) (money, fortune) dépenser;∎ to spend money on (food, clothes) dépenser de l'argent en; (house, car) dépenser de l'argent pour, consacrer de l'argent à;∎ how much do you spend on the children's clothes? combien (d'argent) dépensez-vous pour habiller vos enfants?;∎ he spends all his money (on) gambling il dépense tout son argent au jeu;∎ he spends most of his pocket money on (buying) records la plus grande partie de son argent de poche passe dans l'achat de disques;∎ I consider it money well spent je considère que c'est un bon investissement;∎ without spending a penny sans dépenser un centime, sans bourse délier;∎ to spend time on sth/on doing sth passer du temps sur qch/à faire qch;∎ she spent the whole afternoon reading elle a passé tout l'après-midi à lire;∎ I spent three hours on the job le travail m'a pris ou demandé trois heures;∎ what a way to spend Easter! quelle façon de passer les vacances de Pâques!;∎ how do you spend your weekends? qu'est-ce que tu fais le week-end?;∎ I spent a lot of time and effort on this j'y ai consacré beaucoup de temps et d'efforts;∎ she spent her life helping the underprivileged elle a consacré sa vie à aider les défavorisés(c) (exhaust, use up → one's strength, ammunition) épuiser;∎ the gale had spent itself le vent avait fini par tomber;∎ she has at last spent her indignation son indignation s'est enfin calméedépenser, faire des dépenses3 nounBritish (allocated money) allocation f, dépenses fpl;∎ we must increase our marketing spend nous devons augmenter le budget marketing -
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1 noundépenses f pl;∎ we must increase our marketing spend nous devons augmenter le budget marketing;∎ this year's spend has exceeded the budget by 10 percent nous avons dépassé de 10 pour cent les dépenses prévues au budget de l'année écoulée∎ to spend money on sth dépenser de l'argent en qch∎ to spend time on sth/doing sth passer du temps sur qch/à faire qchPernod Ricard, the French drinks group which recently bought part of Seagram, has announced that it will increase its marketing spend in Central and South America by around 20%. The move by the makers of Clan Campbell and Havana Club comes despite the region's economic instability.
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