spend // verb, noun

■ verb [+ obj] (spent, spent //)

1

to give money to pay for goods, services, etc:

Shoppers spent a total of $17.1 billion in April.

Mobile phone companies have spent millions trying to win new customers.

We have very little to spend on marketing.

The company spends a fortune (= a very large amount of money) on salaries.

2

to use time for a particular purpose; to pass time:

We spend a lot of time getting to know our customers.

How much time did you spend on the report?

I've spent more than 10 years in marketing and sales.

The students spend time in a range of companies.

■ noun [sing.] (informal)

TAX AND SPEND

the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a particular length of time:

a $2.5 million marketing spend

The average spend on leisure activities rose slightly.

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