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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

It was the second-biggest spender on ads in the race, trailing Krishnamoorthi’s campaign, which spent $29.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

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

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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 was married four times, and leaves behind his wife of Lizzie Spender and four children.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023

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

“Maybe,” said Spender, “I’ve been finding out things. What would you say if I said I’d found a Martian prowling around?”

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Newly promoted Ipswich Town have quietly been the Premier League's fourth-biggest net spenders so far this summer, behind only Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

SpaceX’s results come on the heels of a strong run of earnings reports from big AI spenders or hyperscalers, including Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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

Over the past few months, investors have shifted their focus from the biggest AI spenders to companies that will play an important role going forward.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

He's right in it; popular as all spenders are; lavish as all people spending other people's money are apt to be.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder