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111shell out — I v. t. informal, hand over, pay (see payment). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pay for, pay out, expend, fork over*; see pay 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To distribute (money) as payment: disburse, expend, give, lay out, outlay, pay… …
112use — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Employment for a purpose Nouns 1. use, employ[ment]; exercise, application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; usufruct; recourse, resort, avail; utilization, service, wear; recycling; usage,… …
113Payment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Payment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 payment payment defrayment Sgm: N 1 discharge discharge Sgm: N 1 acquittance acquittance quittance Sgm: N 1 settlement settlement clearance liquidation …
114Expenditure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Expenditure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 expenditure expenditure money going out Sgm: N 1 out goings out goings out lay Sgm: N 1 expenses expenses disbursement Sgm: N 1 prime cost prime cost &c.(price) 812 …
115spend — [OE] Spend is a blend of verbs from two distinct sources, but both going back ultimately to Latin pendere ‘weigh, pay’. The earlier was Latin expendere ‘pay out’ (later to give English expend [15]), which Old English took over as spendan. (It was …
116expendable — 1805, from EXPEND (Cf. expend) + ABLE (Cf. able) …
117expenditure — 1769, from M.L. expenditus, irregular pp. of expendere (see EXPEND (Cf. expend)) + URE (Cf. ure). Related: Expenditures …
118expense — late 14c., from Anglo Fr. expense, O.Fr. espense money provided for expenses, from L.L. expensa disbursement, outlay, expense, prop. neut. pl. pp. of L. expendere to weigh out money, to pay down (see EXPEND (Cf. expend)). The verb is 1909, from… …
119spend — to pay out or away (money or wealth), O.E. spendan (in forspendan use up ), from L. expendere to weigh out money, pay down (see EXPEND (Cf. expend)). A general Gmc. borrowing (Cf. O.H.G. spendon, Ger., M.Du. spenden, O.N. spenna). In ref. to… …
120waste — I. v. a. 1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually, diminish by constant loss. 2. Consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter… …
