spend

spend
spend [{{t}}spend] (pt & pp spent [{{t}}spent])
1 transitive verb
(a) (money, fortune) dépenser;
∎ to spend money on (food, clothes) dépenser de l'argent en; (house, car) dépenser de l'argent pour, consacrer de l'argent à;
∎ how much do you spend on the children's clothes? combien (d'argent) dépensez-vous pour habiller vos enfants?;
∎ he spends all his money (on) gambling il dépense tout son argent au jeu;
∎ he spends most of his pocket money on (buying) records la plus grande partie de son argent de poche passe dans l'achat de disques;
∎ I consider it money well spent je considère que c'est un bon investissement;
∎ without spending a penny sans dépenser un centime, sans bourse délier;
∎ {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}euphemism{{}} to spend a penny aller au petit coin
(b) (time → pass) passer; (→ devote) consacrer;
∎ to spend time on sth/on doing sth passer du temps sur qch/à faire qch;
∎ she spent the whole afternoon reading elle a passé tout l'après-midi à lire;
∎ I spent three hours on the job le travail m'a pris ou demandé trois heures;
∎ what a way to spend Easter! quelle façon de passer les vacances de Pâques!;
∎ how do you spend your weekends? qu'est-ce que tu fais le week-end?;
∎ I spent a lot of time and effort on this j'y ai consacré beaucoup de temps et d'efforts;
∎ she spent her life helping the underprivileged elle a consacré sa vie à aider les défavorisés
(c) (exhaust, use up → one's strength, ammunition) épuiser;
∎ the gale had spent itself le vent avait fini par tomber;
∎ she has at last spent her indignation son indignation s'est enfin calmée
2 intransitive verb
dépenser, faire des dépenses
3 noun
{{}}British{{}} (allocated money) allocation f, dépenses fpl;
∎ we must increase our marketing spend nous devons augmenter le budget marketing

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