spender

¹

[ spen-der ]

noun

1. a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.

Spender

²

[ spen-der ]

noun

1. Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.

spender

¹

/ ˈspɛndə /

noun

1. a person who spends money in a manner specified

   a big spender

Spender

²

/ ˈspɛndə /

noun

1. SpenderSir Stephen19091995MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Sir Stephen. 1909–95, English poet and critic, who played an important part in the left-wing literary movement of the 1930s. His works include Journals 1939–83 (1985) and Collected Poems (1985)

Word History and Origins

Origin of spender¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; spend, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Netflix and Amazon have been “consistently big spenders” in the FYC category, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Brandau.

From Digiday

The only people who are OK are massive spenders who get a Facebook rep that can escalate issues and find out what’s wrong.

From Fortune

The biggest spender on Election Day was “Register to Vote Republican,” a page that is registered under the Republican National Committee.

From MIT Technology Review

Traditionally big spenders on TV advertising — and with commitments sometimes tricky to wriggle out of — many automakers quickly pivoted their TV campaigns to focus on financing options and other supportive messaging.

From Digiday

Take Nation With NaMo, one of the biggest pro-BJP spenders on Facebook.

From Ozy

What you have is the documented incidents of how she behaved or the documented incidents that she was a big spender.

From The Daily Beast

Further West, the Getty Museum is normally a big spender but recently fired staff as a cost-cutting measure.

From The Daily Beast

The Club for Growth came out swinging at the Donald, casting him a liberal big-spender.

From The Daily Beast

Big as in the biggest spender of any outside group—all meant to protect the interests of unions, the new “ privileged class.”

From The Daily Beast

One final one: Lizzie is the daughter of the great English poet, Stephen Spender.

From The Daily Beast

Said he was a pretty free spender, and would hold his end up, but he hated a hog.

From Project Gutenberg

He had to wink pretty hard over the fact that she was likewise a money spender!

From Project Gutenberg

But Sir Walter wasn't a money-saver; he was a spender and a good provider.

From Project Gutenberg

There is perhaps no more liberal spender than a Japanese youth.

From Project Gutenberg

She isn't a big spender, so every month she can put away 'most all of her wages towards going to Normal School.

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