| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate visitors |
Synonyms: |
admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do, have a get-together, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check, pop for, put up, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for, throw a party, treat, welcome, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
refuse, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
Synonyms: |
ante up, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill, fork out, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, shell out, splurge, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, save |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
Synonyms: |
ante up, atone, atone for, balance, comp, compensate, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business, equalize, expiate, fix, give satisfaction, grease, indemnify, make amends, make good, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
| Main Entry: | remunerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, ante up, award, dish out, do business, grant, guerdon, indemnify, pay, pay off, pay up, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out, spring for, vouchsafe |
Antonyms: |
charge, seize, take, withhold |
| Main Entry: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, pay out |
Synonyms: |
absorb, allocate, ante up, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, evote, exhaust, expend, foot the bill, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, pay down, pay up, put in, run through, settle, shell out, spring for, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste |
Antonyms: |
earn, get, receive |
| Main Entry: | squander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fritter away, use up |
Synonyms: |
be prodigal with, be wasteful, blow*, cash out, consume, dissipate, expend, frivol, frivol away, go through, lavish, misspend, misuse, prodigalize, put out, run through, scatter, spend, spend like water, spring for, throw away, throw money around, trifle, waste |
Antonyms: |
hoard, save, set aside |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay the bill for someone else |
Synonyms: |
amuse, blow, buy for, divert, entertain, escort, feast, foot the bill, give, indulge, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, play host, provide, regale, satisfy, set up, spring for, stake, stand*, take out, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | foot the bill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay for |
Synonyms: |
bear the cost, bear the expense, finance, pay the bill, pick up the check, pick up the tab, pop for, redeem, spring for |