Meanings
spending1
plural spendings
- gerunduncountablegerund of spend, expenditure.
spending2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spend
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of spending or disbursing money
nounmoney paid out; an amount spent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
spending · noun
- Old Englishspendung“spending”
- Middle Englishspendyng
- Englishspending
From Middle English spendyng, spendynge, from Old English spendung (“spending”), equivalent to spend + -ing. Cognate with German Spendung (“contribution, donation”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →spending · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spending
Cite this entry
spending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending
“spending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spending,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending.
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