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• squander — squan‧der [ˈskwɒndə ǁ ˈskwɑːndər] verb [transitive] to spend money or use your time carelessly on things that are not useful: • The bank squandered $500 million playing the U.S. bond market. squander something on something • He squandered the… …   Financial and business terms

• squander — 1580s (implied in squandering), to spend recklessly or prodigiously, of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in Merchant of Venice with a sense of to be scattered over a wide area. Squander bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and… …   Etymology dictionary

• waste time — squander time …   English contemporary dictionary

• squander — UK [ˈskwɒndə(r)] / US [ˈskwɑndər] verb [transitive] Word forms squander : present tense I/you/we/they squander he/she/it squanders present participle squandering past tense squandered past participle squandered if you squander something such as… …   English dictionary

• squander — squan|der [ˈskwɔndə US ˈskwa:ndər] v [T] to carelessly waste money, time, opportunities etc ▪ The home team squandered a number of chances in the first half. squander sth on sth ▪ They squandered the profits on expensive cars …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• squander — squan|der [ skwandər ] verb transitive if you squander something such as money, time, or an opportunity, you do not use it in a sensible way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• squander — verb (T) to spend money or use your time carelessly on things that are not useful: squander sth on: They squandered millions on that film. squanderer noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• squander — /ˈskwɒndə / (say skwonduh) verb (t) Also, squander away. 1. to spend (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully. –noun 2. Rare extravagant or wasteful expenditure. {origin obscure} –squanderer, noun …  

• squander — squanderer, n. squanderingly, adv. /skwon deuhr/, v.t. 1. to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often fol. by away). 2. to scatter. n. 3. extravagant or wasteful expenditure. [1585 95; …   Universalium

• squander — v misspend, misuse, waste, dissipate, go or run through, Sl. blow; (all of time) kill, fritter or fool away, lose; spend recklessly, play ducks and drakes with, throw away, burn up, Sl. shoot one s wad, pour down the drain, throw good money after …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• squander — [ˈskwɒndə] verb [T] to not use something such as money, time, or an opportunity in a sensible way …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English