dispend

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪsˈpɛnd/ UK /dɪsˈpɛnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to spend or expend, especially money (archaic)

The steward was careful not to dispend the estate's funds rashly.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to spend or expend,... spend expenddisburseoutlay lay out

Opposites

save hoard conserve

Word family

Related forms expend dispense spend

Etymology

From Old French despendre and directly from Latin dispendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from dis- ('apart') + pendere ('to weigh, pay').

dispendere Latin pendere Latin

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Actions & Processes Register & Style

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# dispend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈpɛnd/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈpɛnd/

## Meanings
1. to spend or expend, especially money (archaic)

## Examples
- The steward was careful not to dispend the estate's funds rashly.

## Synonyms
- spend
- expend
- disburse
- outlay
- lay out

## Antonyms
- save
- hoard
- conserve

## Related Forms
- expend
- dispense
- spend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dispendere
- Root: pendere

## Etymology
From Old French despendre and directly from Latin dispendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from dis- ('apart') + pendere ('to weigh, pay').

## AI Etymology
Dispend is from Old French despendre and directly from Latin dispendere ('to weigh out, pay out'), from dis- ('apart') + pendere ('to weigh, pay'). The ancestry passes through Latin dispendere and Latin pendere. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a verb, it means "to spend or expend, especially money (archaic)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include expend, dispense, and spend.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

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