Meanings
comparative more spendable · superlative most spendable
- Capable of being spent.
Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable.
1 more example
He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 28, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 183
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of funds) remaining after taxes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishspendable
- Englishspendable
From Middle English spendable; equivalent to spend + -able.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
spendable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spendable
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