spending (root: spend)

Verb (usu participle)

spend=ing

5 in 4 verses (in OT : 3 in 2 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

spending(n = noun.act) disbursal, disbursement, outlay - the act of spending or disbursing money; Array

is a kind of defrayal, defrayment, payment

has particulars: expending, expenditure, compensatory spending, deficit spending, pump priming

Derived forms verb spend₂, verb spend₃

spending(n = noun.possession) expenditure, outgo, outlay - money paid out; an amount spent; Array

is a kind of transferred possession, transferred property

has particulars: cost, expense, transfer payment

spending, n.

The act of expending; expenditure. [1913 Webster]

Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]

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