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free-spending

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[free-spen-ding] / ˈfriˈspɛn dɪŋ /

adjective

  1. spending or tending to spend freely.

    If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.


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But even free-spending Big Tech companies have to reckon with the impact of inflation driving up borrowing costs—and that’s an even more acute pressure for ordinary consumers.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

There was a rich businessman whose free-spending ad blitz made him inescapable on the airwaves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Rivals bemoaned the free-spending outsider, which had become hard to outbid and was poaching executives from traditional studios with big pay increases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

At first Peter did not respond to the overtures and insistance of the handsome, well-dressed, free-spending, New York swell.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

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