respend

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verb

To spend something again

“Local businesses are more likely to respend their profits in the community.”

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Meanings

verbrespend (third-person singular simple present respends, present participle respending, simple past and past participle respent)

present singular third person respends · participle present respending · participle past respent · past respent

  1. To spend something again

    Local businesses are more likely to respend their profits in the community.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishspend
  7. Englishrespend

From re- + spend.

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APA

respend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respend

MLA

“respend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respend.

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