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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Origin: | Partly from Latin expendere ( EXPEND) and partly, later, from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere 'to weigh out' |
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spend S1 W1
past tense and past participle spent
past tense and past participle spent1 to use your money to pay for goods or services :
money
[intransitive and transitive]2 to use time doing a particular thing or pass time in a particular place
time
[transitive] spend time etc in/at something 
We'll have to spend the night in a hotel.His childhood was spent in Brazil.
We'll have to spend the night in a hotel.His childhood was spent in Brazil.3
b) if someone spends the night at someone's house, they sleep at that person's house for a night : She spent the night at a friend's house.
spend the night (at something)
She spent the night at a friend's house.4 to use effort or energy to do something : I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy every evening.
force/effort
[transitive]I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy every evening.5 to urinate - used when you want to avoid saying this directly
