spence

¹

[spens]

noun

British Dialect.

1. a pantry.

Spence

²

[spens]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Spencer.

spence

¹

/ spɛns /

noun

1. dialect

   1. a larder or pantry

   2. any monetary allowance

   3. a parlour, esp in a cottage

Spence

²

/ spɛns /

noun

1. Sir Basil ( Unwin ). 1907–76, Scottish architect, born in India; designed Coventry Cathedral (1951)

Word History and Origins

Origin of spence¹

1350–1400; Middle English spense, spence < Middle French despense pantry < Medieval Latin dīspēnsa, noun use of feminine of dīspēnsus, past participle of dīspendere to weigh out; dispense

Word History and Origins

Origin of spence¹

C14: from Old French despense, from Latin dispendere to distribute; see _dispense

Example Sentences

Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly, Tottenham's Djed Spence and Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly have all been handed senior debuts by Tuchel, but it is O'Reilly who started and impressed in the final two qualifiers.

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O'Reilly may have edged ahead of Spence after this camp.

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The young Manchester City left-back is the sixth player to be given a senior debut by Tuchel, after Dan Burn, Trevoh Chalobah, Elliot Anderson, Djed Spence and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

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O'Reilly was picked over Spence and Lewis-Skelly but did not look out of place alongside Ezri Konsa, John Stones and Reece James in defence.

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“Tariffs are weighing on everything,” said Susan Spence, head of the ISM survey of manufacturers.

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