spends

British

/ spɛndz /

plural noun

dialect a child's pocket money

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

We parent as a team who spends holidays together and we will head to Coachella soon to complain about the bus lines amid total exhaustion yet again.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Canada and Australia all have programs that, combined with local incentives, can refund nearly half the money a studio spends locally on a production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The ad business, which itself leans into AI and machine learning, will give the company a solid base even as it spends eye-watering sums on AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Now he spends a lot less time on the road, and he doesn’t appear to get the same lift from his fans that he used to.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Camel spends his days hidden behind the trunks, lying on blankets that Walter and I arrange to cushion his ruined body from the floor.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023