spend : Idioms & Phrases


compensatory spending

  • noun spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy
    compensatory spending; pump priming.
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deficit spending

  • noun spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy
    compensatory spending; pump priming.
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spend a penny

  • verb eliminate urine
    wee-wee; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
    • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
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spend-all

  • noun someone who spends money prodigally
    spendthrift; spender; scattergood.
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spending cut

  • noun the act of reducing spending
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spending money

  • noun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
    pocket money; pin money.
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spending spree

  • noun a brief period of extravagant spending
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