squander money
1squander — [[t]skwɒ̱ndə(r)[/t]] squanders, squandering, squandered VERB If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. [V n] Hooker didn t squander his money on flashy cars or other vices... [V n] He had squandered his chances to win …
2squander — 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… …
3squander — 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… …
4squander — [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*,… …
5Squander Bug — NOEDITSECTION The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending. Originally designed by freelance illustrator Phillip Boydell for press adverts, the… …
6money — n. 1) to coin, make, produce; counterfeit money 2) to circulate money 3) to earn, make money 4) to bank; change; deposit; put up; raise; refund, return; save; spend; squander, throw away; tie up; withdraw money 5) to borrow; lend money 6) to… …
7money — /ˈmʌni / (say munee) noun (plural moneys or monies) 1. gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public authority and issued as a medium of exchange and measure of value. 2. current coin. 3. coin or certificate (as… …
8squander — 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… …
9money — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ There is big money in golf for the top players. ▪ easy ▪ He started stealing as a way of making easy money. ▪ bonus …
10squander — 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 …
