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1 spend
[spend]past tense, past participle - spent; verb1) (to use up or pay out (money): He spends more than he earns.) eyða2) (to pass (time): I spent a week in Spain this summer.) eyða, dvelja•- spent- spendthrift -
2 expend
[ik'spend](to use or spend (supplies etc).) eyða, nota- expense
- expenses
- expensive
- at the expense of -
3 overspend
[ouvə'spend]past tense, past participle - overspent; verb(to spend too much money: He overspent on his new house.) eyða um efni fram -
4 afford
[ə'fo:d]1) ((usually with can, could) to be able to spend money, time etc on or for something: I can't afford (to buy) a new car.) hafa efni á2) ((usually with can, could) to be able to do (something) without causing oneself trouble, difficulty etc: She can't afford to be rude to her employer no matter how rude he is to her.) geta leyft sér -
5 cut one's losses
(to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable.) taka fyrir, hætta (og taka á sig tap) -
6 divide
1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) skiptast; skipta í hópa2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) skipta með sér3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) deila•- dividers- divisible
- division
- divisional -
7 economise
verb (to spend money or goods carefully: We must economize on fuel.) spara, fara sparlega með -
8 economize
verb (to spend money or goods carefully: We must economize on fuel.) spara, fara sparlega með -
9 finance
1. noun1) ((the study or management of) money affairs: He is an expert in finance.) fjármálavísindi/stjórn2) ((often in plural) the money one has to spend: The government is worried about the state of the country's finances.) fjármál2. verb(to give money for (a plan, business etc): Will the company finance your trip abroad?) fjármagna- financially
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10 funds
noun plural (money ready to spend: Have you enough funds for your journey?) fjármunir -
11 husband
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12 idle away
(to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) sóa, eyða -
13 in proportion to
(in relation to; in comparison with: You spend far too much time on that work in proportion to its importance.) samanborið við -
14 lavish
['læviʃ] 1. verb(to spend or give very freely: She lavishes too much money on that child.) eyða2. adjective1) ((of a person) spending or giving generously and sometimes too freely: a lavish host; You have certainly been lavish with the brandy in this cake.) örlátur2) (given generously or too freely: lavish gifts.) óþarflega rausnarlegur•- lavishly- lavishness -
15 lay out
1) (to arrange over a wide area (especially according to a plan): He was the architect who laid out the public gardens.) hanna2) (to spread so as to be easily seen: He laid out the contents of the box on the table.) leggja fram og dreifa úr3) (to knock unconscious.) slá (e-n) í rot4) (to spend (money).) leggja fram peninga5) (to prepare (a dead body) to be buried.) leggja til -
16 leisure
['leʒə, ]( American[) 'li:ʒər](time which one can spend as one likes, especially when one does not have to work: I seldom have leisure to watch television.) tómstund -
17 limit
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18 luxury
plural - luxuries; noun1) (great comfort usually amongst expensive things: They live in luxury; ( also adjective) gold jewellery and other luxury goods.) lúxus, munaður2) (something pleasant but not necessary, and often rare and expensive: We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.) lúxus, munaður•- luxuriously
- luxuriousness -
19 meditate
['mediteit]1) (to think deeply: He was meditating on his troubles.) íhuga2) (to spend short, regular periods in deep (especially religious) thought: He meditates twice a day.) hugleiða•- meditative
- meditatively -
20 niggardly
['niɡədli](not generous; unwilling to give or spend money: He's niggardly with his money; a niggardly gift.) nánasarlegur; nískur; smánarlegur
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spend — W1S1 [spend] v past tense and past participle spent [spent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3 4¦(force/effort)¦ 5 spend a penny ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Partly from Latin expendere ( EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French … Dictionary of contemporary English
spend — [ spend ] (past tense and past participle spent [ spent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use money to pay for things: How much money did you spend? spend for: This year we will spend more money for medical care. spend something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spend — /spend/ past tense and past participle spent /spent/ verb 1 MONEY (I, T) to use your money to buy or pay for things: spend money/ 5/$10/a lot: I spent so much money this weekend! | spend money etc on sth: More money should be spent on health and… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spend — spend, *expend, disburse can mean to pay out money or an equivalent of money for something or in expectation of some return. Spend is the ordinary term; it may be used regardless of the amount dealt out in the purchase of something {spend a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Spend — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
spend´er — spend «spehnd», verb, spent, spend|ing. –v.t. 1. to pay out: »She spent ten dollars shopping for food today. 2. to use (labor, material, thought, or some other re … Useful english dictionary
spend*/*/*/ — [spend] (past tense and past participle spent [spent] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use money to pay for things How much money did you spend?[/ex] You spend too much on clothes.[/ex] 2) [T] to stay somewhere, or to do something, for a period of time We… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
spend — ► VERB (past and past part. spent) 1) pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services. 2) use or use up (energy or resources); exhaust. 3) pass (time) in a specified way. ► NOUN informal ▪ an amount of money paid out. ● … English terms dictionary
Spend — Spend, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. [1913 Webster] He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spend — [v1] give, pay out absorb, allocate, ante up*, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up*, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty,… … New thesaurus
