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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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"He's more free-spending whereas I'm always saying, 'That's too expensive, that costs too much, we don't need to spend that.'"

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The strangest part is that this has happened under Cohen, whose fortune was supposed to transform the Mets into a perennial juggernaut alongside the free-spending Dodgers and New York Yankees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

But their recent free-spending dominance has drawn criticism from rival teams, particularly in smaller markets, who say they cannot compete financially.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

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 Paul Leicester Ford

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