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• spender
  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

Etymology

Origin of spender

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

Example Sentences

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spender Spender spenders

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

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Sam Altman says OpenAI’s top token spender uses 100 billion tokens a month — and is not even the world’s leader.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

One wild-card spender in this campaign is retired businessman Bill Bloomfield, who has put $367,093 into an independent campaign on behalf of Melvoin.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Estonia in 2025 was the fourth-highest spender on defense as a share of its GDP among the alliance’s 32 allies, behind its close neighbors Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Burr’s reputation as a notorious womanizer or as a lavish spender who always managed to stay one step ahead of his creditors did not trouble Hamilton.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

We have gay coffee table books and our shelves are full of queer literature, including my old copies of Baldwin and Spender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

He is survived by his wife, the actress Lizzie Spender, and his four children.

From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2023

His wife Lizzie Spender was quoted by the publication as saying he was "fine".

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2023

“The Hollywood Western, it wasn’t too kind to my tribe. But I was still a fan of it, I’m still a fan of movies,” Spender said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

Spender remained where he was, firing only on occasion.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Plus, Southwest is opening lounges, and American goes all in on big spenders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The owners know they can’t legislate smarts into their contract, so they’re trying the next best thing — tying the hands of their own big spenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Moyes, 63, has spoken of the challenge of keeping up with the biggest spenders in the Premier League, with Everton ranking 15th of the current top-flight teams for net spend over the past five years.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Investors are practically begging AI’s big spenders to blink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Worship in the temple of the Virgin Athena, or descend to the Agora and the roar of its getters and spenders?

From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis