spend

spend
[spend] v (spent)
1. тратить, растрачивать, расходовать

to spend money [time, words] - тратить деньги [время, слова]

to spend labour [strength] - затрачивать труд [силу]

to spend much money on foolish pleasures - тратиться на пустяковые развлечения

to spend much trouble /pains/ on /over/ smth. - тратить много усилий на что-л.

to spend oneself in vain endeavour - тратить силы /растрачивать себя/ на безнадёжное дело

she spent herself for her children - она всю себя отдала детям

he spends money like water - он сорит деньгами, он транжирит деньги

2. нести издержки, нести материальные затраты

to spend on books [on foreign travel] - тратиться на книги [на поездки за границу]

to spend for public purposes - делать затраты на общественные нужды

3. проводить (время)

to spend one's time in reading [in playing cards] - проводить время за чтением [за игрой в карты]

to spend the winter in the south - провести зиму на юге

spend a week with us! - останьтесь у нас на недельку!

a life honestly spent - честно прожитая жизнь

4. 1) обыкн. pass исчерпывать, истощать

our ammunition was all spent - у нас кончились боеприпасы

the day [the night] is far spent - поэт. день [ночь] на исходе /кончается/

the fury of the storm is spent - буря стихает

the war has spent its force - война уже на исходе /кончается/

the bullet has spent its force - пуля на излёте

2) refl истощаться

to spend oneself - иссякать

his anger has spent itself - его гнев утих /улёгся/

gradually the hurricane spent itself - ураган постепенно стих

5. изливать

they spent their fury /rage/ on the dog - они сорвали свою злость на собаке

6. редк. нести потери, терять

to spend a mast - мор. терять мачту

♢ to spend a penny - эвф. пойти в туалет

I want to spend a penny - ≅ мне нужно кое-куда /выйти/


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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


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