Squander

Squander
Squander Squan"der (skw[o^]n"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squandered} (-d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squandering}.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.] 1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. [1913 Webster]

The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate. [1913 Webster]


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  • squander — squan‧der [ˈskwɒndə ǁ ˈskwɑːndər] verb [transitive] to spend money or use your time carelessly on things that are not useful: • The bank squandered $500 million playing the U.S. bond market. squander something on something • He squandered the… …   Financial and business terms

  • squander — 1580s (implied in squandering), to spend recklessly or prodigiously, of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it 1593 in Merchant of Venice with a sense of to be scattered over a wide area. Squander bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and… …   Etymology dictionary

  • squander — [skwän′dər] vt. [prob. a specialized use of dial. squander, to scatter, popularized after Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice, I, iii, 22] to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly vi. to be wasteful or extravagant n. Rare a squandering;… …   English World dictionary

  • Squander — Squan der, n. The act of squandering; waste. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Squander — Squan der, v. i. 1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. [1913 Webster] They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage. [1913 Webster] 2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] [1913 Webster] The wise man s folly is anatomized Even by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • squander — index consume, lose (be deprived of), misemploy, mishandle (mismanage), overdraw Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. B …   Law dictionary

  • squander — vb *waste, dissipate, fritter, consume Analogous words: *scatter, disperse, dissipate, dispel: *spend, expend, disburse …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • squander — [v] fritter away, use up 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*,… …   New thesaurus

  • squander — ► VERB ▪ waste in a reckless or foolish manner. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • squander — v. (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) * * * [ skwɒndə] (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) …   Combinatory dictionary

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