Definition

Examples

• "Don't forget the winner of the contest will spend a weekend with me on my private jet (also a contractual obligation)."
• "I spent it on a tent, a sleeping bag and a guitar."
• "And the beauty of this song is - in case it wins me any bonus points - you can also use it for New Year too, which I assume I'll also be spending alone."
• "The lack of content in your message is one thing - I spend half my day reading emails which say nothing."
• "Icarus got very sunburnt and spent the evening in the hospital with minor facial burns, but overall, the picnic was a success, no thanks to the rest of you!"
• "I like the numbers, and I like to spend my day in my little office, typing on my little number machines."
• "Ms. Benedict, most reports say that the economy is slowing down, and that this will have a negative effect on consumer spending."
• "That would encourage spending in the run-up to Christmas."
• "You must have spent millions to have this place built and you must be paying millions just to maintain it!"
• "I spend my days in a cloudy laboratory-"
• "Why would I spend the rest of my days unhappy?"
• "What I really needed was to spend a bit of time with my best mates Samantha and Jenny, who I've known for ages."
• "You know how much I hate spending money on unessential items.."
• "Bruno : Susie, are you saying that we've spent millions of dollars in advertising aimed at the wrong people?"
• "Spend, spend, spend."
• "I can't stop spending my cash!"
• "Everything depends on billing - how many hours you spend even thinking about a client."
• "Every day I spend my time drinking wine, feeling fine"
• "That harrowing experience gave me a new perspective on the nature of my own life, and how I want to spend the rest of it."
• "A lot of this is due to anxiety over the downturn in the economy and its effect on consumer spending."