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  spender

  noun

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

  noun

  Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.

spender

¹ American  

[spen-der] / ˈspɛn dər /

noun

• spenders
  plural

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

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Spender ² American  

[spen-der] / ˈspɛn dər /

noun

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

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Spender ¹ British  

/ ˈspɛndə /

noun

1. 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)

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spender ² British  

/ ˈspɛndə /

noun

1. a person who spends money in a manner specified

   a big spender

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• spenders
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of spender

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

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Example Sentences

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spender Spender spenders

I already struggle with finding the right balance between being a spender and saver.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned the company into a major spender on AI.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Public First says it is a counterweight to the other major AI spender, Leading the Future, which is funded by tech titans including a top executive at OpenAI and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bloomfield has been a big spender in recent school board election cycles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Although Haupt was a dapper dresser, he was a big spender and flat broke.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Allegra Spender, another independent MP who has collaborated with Haines, called her "the best of us".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I then set out to read everything else I could find by Spender and his queer cohort, including novelist Christopher Isherwood and poet W.H.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Married four times, he is survived by his wife Lizzie Spender, four children and 10 grandchildren.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that his survivors include his wife of 30 years, Lizzie Spender, the daughter of the British poet Stephen Spender, as well as his children and 10 grandchildren.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

After the splash Spender waited silently for Biggs to climb back up onto the stone bank.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Instead, the worst thing has happened: A couple of crafty, thrifty, well-run teams with low payrolls but dynamo management knocked out the spenders to reach the big show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We see a lot of the traditional big R&D spenders -- pharma, cars, construction -- cutting back on their R&D spend", he noted.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The expanded complex, which stretches across eight floors, is part shop, part exhibition space and part private club for Prada’s biggest spenders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The biggest spenders are the digital, banking and energy sectors, according to civil society groups.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

With the Russian night patrols he soon came to an amicable understanding and Russian cafes soon found out that the Yanks were the freest spenders and treated them accordingly.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

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