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  • 11Squander — Infobox Game subject name=$QUANDER image link= image caption= designer= publisher=Avalon Hill players= ages= setup time= playing time= complexity=Low strategy=Medium random chance=Medium skills=Strategic thought bggid=7277 bggxrefs=t footnotes =… …

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  • 12squander — verb Squander is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chance, ↑fortune, ↑goodwill, ↑money, ↑resource, ↑talent …

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  • 13squander — 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 …

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  • 14squander — 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 …

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  • 15squander — 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) …

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  • 16squander — /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 …

  • 17squander — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, blow, budget, burn up, consume, cost, cost out, decrease, deplete, depreciate, digest, disburse, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust …

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  • 18squander — squan·der || skwÉ‘ndÉ™(r) / skwÉ’n n. wasteful spending of money or other resources v. waste money or other resources, fritter away, misuse …

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  • 19squander — 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; …

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  • 20squander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. waste, lavish, dissipate. Ant., save. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spend, spend lavishly, throw away, fritter away; see waste 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [SKWAN dur] to waste …

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