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1 magbulagsák
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2 sumayang ng salapî
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3 aksaya
Active Verb: mag-aksayaPassive Verb: aksayahinEnglish Definition: 1) waste, wastage (noun) 2) wasteful (adj) 3) wasted (passive verb) 4) to squander, to use something wastefully, to be wasted, to go to waste (active verb)Examples: 1) Aksaya lang ng oras ng manood ng TV. (It's only a waste of time watching TV.) 2) Maaksaya sa paggamit ng papel si Nena. (Nena's paper usage is wasteful.) 3) Inaksaya ni Pedro ang kanyang mana. (Peter wasted his inheritance.) 4) Huwag pag-aksayah -
4 mag-alibughâ
embezzle, squander
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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 — Squan der (skw[o^]n d[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squandered} ( d[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squandering}.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv[ a]tta to squirt, sqv[ a]ttra to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
squander — [skwän′dər] vt. [prob. a specialized use of dial. squander, to scatter, popularized after Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice, I, iii, 22] to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly vi. to be wasteful or extravagant n. Rare a squandering;… … English World dictionary
Squander — Squan der, n. The act of squandering; waste. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squander — Squan der, v. i. 1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. [1913 Webster] They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage. [1913 Webster] 2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] [1913 Webster] The wise man s folly is anatomized Even by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squander — index consume, lose (be deprived of), misemploy, mishandle (mismanage), overdraw Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. B … Law dictionary
squander — vb *waste, dissipate, fritter, consume Analogous words: *scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel: *spend, expend, disburse … New Dictionary of Synonyms
squander — [v] fritter away, use up be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out*, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out*, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water*, spring for*,… … New thesaurus
squander — ► VERB ▪ waste in a reckless or foolish manner. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
squander — v. (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) * * * [ skwɒndə] (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) … Combinatory dictionary