Слово англійською: spend

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verb

/spend/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they spend	/spend/
he / she / it spends	/spendz/
past simple spent	/spent/
past participle spent	/spent/
-ing form spending	/ˈspendɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.
- spend something I've spent all my money already.
- spend something on something She spent £100 on a new dress.
- spend something on doing something That money would be better spent on educating children.
- spend something doing something The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
- I just can't seem to stop spending.
[transitive] to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time
- spend something + adv./prep. We spent the day at the beach.
- I like to spend time with my friends.
- Her childhood was spent in Italy.
- spend something on something How long did you spend on your homework?
- spend something doing something They spent the whole night talking.
- I've spent years trying to learn Japanese.
- to spend hours/days/months doing something
- spend something in doing something Most of her life was spent in caring for others.
[transitive, often passive] to use energy, effort, etc., especially until it has all been used
- spend something on something She spends too much effort on things that don't matter.
- spend something doing something The teacher spends a lot of energy planning a good lesson.
- spend itself The storm had finally spent itself.
see also spent

Word OriginOld English spendan, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’; partly also a shortening of obsolete dispend, from Latin dispendere ‘pay out’.

Idioms

spend the night with somebody

to stay with somebody for a night
- My daughter's spending the night with a friend.
(also spend the night together)
to stay with somebody for a night and have sex with them

spend a penny

(old-fashioned, British English) people say ‘spend a penny’ to avoid saying ‘use the toilet’