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SPEND/spend/

English lets you spend both money and time: spend £10 on a book, spend the afternoon cooking. Past: spent. Pay is handing money over in the moment; spend is using it. Waste is spend badly. You spend time doing something, not “spend time to do.”

Meaning

To use money to buy things, or to use time doing something.

Examples

• “We spent two hours in the museum.”
• “Don’t spend all your cash on snacks.”
• “We spent the morning at the market.”

Good to know

spend money on. spend time + -ing. Past: spent. Badly: waste. Hand over: pay.

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