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Main Entry:	spend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give, pay out
Synonyms:	absorb, allocate, apply, bestow, blow, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, exhaust, expend, foot the bill, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, run through, settle, shell out*, squander, throw away, use, waste, ante up, cast away, cough up, evote, pay down, pay up, put in, spring for, use up
Antonyms:	earn, get, receive

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Main Entry:	spend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	use time; occupy
Synonyms:	consume, devote, drift, employ, fill, fool around*, fritter, go, idle, kill, misuse, pass, squander, waste, laze, let pass, put in, while away
Antonyms:	be lazy

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Main Entry:	disbursement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	payment
Synonyms:	cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending
Antonyms:	deposit, hoard, savings

Main Entry:	expenditure
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	payment
Synonyms:	amount, application, bottom line, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback, splurge, squander, throw, tune, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to, outgo, spending
Notes:	expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures
Antonyms:	savings

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Main Entry:	expense
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	cost, payment
Synonyms:	amount, assessment, bite, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending

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Main Entry:	outlay
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	expenses
Synonyms:	bite, bottom line, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score, setback, tab, throw, tune*, spending
Antonyms:	income, pay

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Main Entry:	shopping
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	buying
Synonyms:	purchasing, browsing, e-commerce, electronic commerce, spending

Main Entry:	enjoyment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	possession; use of
Synonyms:	advantage, benefit, exercise, indulgence, ownership, using, having, spending
Antonyms:	lack, need, want

Main Entry:	blow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	use up money
Synonyms:	dissipate, lay out, spend, squander, waste, pay out
Antonyms:	save

Main Entry:	consume
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	use up
Synonyms:	absorb, apply, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, go, go through, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, put away, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, waste, wear out, avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, have recourse to, preoccupy, profit by, put to use, run out of, wash up
Antonyms:	accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, store, not use

Main Entry:	deplete
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume, exhaust supply
Synonyms:	bankrupt, bleed, decrease, diminish, drain, draw, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, undermine, waste, weaken, dig into, dry up, suck dry, use up, wash up
Antonyms:	add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase

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Main Entry:	devour
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	swallow, consume
Synonyms:	absorb, annihilate, appreciate, bolt, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, pig out, polish off, ravage, relish, spend, stuff, take, take in, waste, wipe out, wolf*, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, hoover, partake of, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, use up, wolf down
Antonyms:	abstain, pick

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Main Entry:	drain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove liquid; remove supply
Synonyms:	abate, bankrupt, bleed, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, finish, get rid of, impoverish, lessen, milk*, pump, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, swallow, tap, tax, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw, bleed dry, catheterize, draw off, drink up, filter off, free from, get last drop, gulp down, pump out, suck dry, tire out, use up
Antonyms:	fill, pour

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Main Entry:	employ
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make use of
Synonyms:	apply, bestow, bring to bear, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, fill, handle, manipulate, occupy, operate, spend, take up, use, utilize, keep busy, put to use, use up*
Antonyms:	ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy

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Main Entry:	exhaust
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume, use up
Synonyms:	bankrupt, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up*, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, void, waste, bleed dry, suck dry, take last of, wash up
Antonyms:	refresh, replenish

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Main Entry:	finish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume, use up
Synonyms:	deplete, devour, dispatch, dispose of, drain, drink, eat, empty, exhaust, expend, go, run through, spend, use, wash up
Antonyms:	keep, maintain, save, store

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Main Entry:	go
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	die, collapse
Synonyms:	bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, finish, fritter, give, pass away, perish, run through, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, waste, weaken, worsen, yield, fold up, pass on, use up
Antonyms:	create, be born

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Main Entry:	go through
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	use up
Synonyms:	consume, deplete, exhaust, spend, squander, pay out
Antonyms:	hoard, save, store

Main Entry:	invest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	contribute money to make money
Synonyms:	advance, back, bankroll, devote, endow, entrust, imbue, infuse, lay out, lend, loan, plunge, provide, salt away*, sink, spend, stake, supply, buy into, buy stock, endue, get into, go in for, pick up the tab, plow back into, put in, put up dough
Antonyms:	divest, take out

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Main Entry:	lavish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pamper, shower
Synonyms:	deluge, dissipate, expend, fritter, give, go through, heap, pour, run through*, scatter, spend, squander, waste, be generous, be wasteful, spend money like water, thrust upon
Antonyms:	economize, hoard, limit, starve

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