Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spending"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or
dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant},
and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. --Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread? --Isa. lv. 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spending \Spend"ing\, n.
The act of expending; expenditure.
{Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary)
personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spending
n : the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {disbursement},
{disbursal}, {outlay}]
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