spent (verb)
11underspend — un|der|spend [ ,ʌndər spend ] (past tense and past participle un|der|spent [ ,ʌndər spent ] ) verb intransitive or transitive to spend too little money on something, or to spend less than you expected: The government has underspent its budget by… …
12expense — noun 1》 the cost incurred in or required for something. ↘(expenses) costs incurred in the performance of a job or task. 2》 something on which money must be spent. verb offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income.… …
13overspend — [ˌəʊvəˈspend] (past tense and past participle overspent [ˌəʊvəˈspent] ) verb [I/T] to spend more money than you intended to Ant: underspend overspend [ˈəʊvəˌspend] noun [C] overspending noun [U] …
14kick back — verb 1. pay a kickback; make an illegal payment (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑kickback • Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑ …
15take in — verb 1. provide with shelter (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑put up, ↑domiciliate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. fool or hoax (Freq. 2) …
16spend — verb (spent; spending) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spendan, from Medieval Latin expendere to disburse, use up, from Latin, to measure by weight, pay out more at expend Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to use up or pay out ;… …
17put up — verb 1. place so as to be noticed (Freq. 4) post a sign post a warning at the dump • Syn: ↑post • Derivationally related forms: ↑posting (for: ↑ …
18turn on — verb 1. cause to operate by flipping a switch (Freq. 12) switch on the light turn on the stereo • Syn: ↑switch on • Ant: ↑switch off (for: ↑ …
19brush up — verb 1. refresh one s memory (Freq. 1) I reviewed the material before the test • Syn: ↑review, ↑refresh • Derivationally related forms: ↑refresher (for: ↑refresh …
20root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( …
