"spender" meaning in English

See spender in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɛndə/ [UK], /ˈspɛndɚ/ [US] Forms: spenders [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spendere English spender Inherited from Middle English spendere, equivalent to spend + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:spendere<ety:af<enm:spenden><enm:-ere<id:agent suffix>>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. 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  1. A person who spends money. Derived forms: big spender, last of the big spenders, nonspender Related terms: spendthrift Translations (A person who spends money): прахосник (prahosnik) (Bulgarian), kaiwhakapau (Māori)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spend",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs\nProto-Italic *eks\nLatin ex\nLatin ex-\nProto-Indo-European *(s)pend-\nProto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti\nProto-Italic *pendō\nLatin pendō\nLatin expendōbor.\nProto-West Germanic *spendōn\nOld English spendan\nMiddle English spenden\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzios\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nMiddle English spendere\nEnglish spender\nInherited from Middle English spendere, equivalent to spend + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spenders",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spender (plural spenders)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spendthrift"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English agent nouns",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
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        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éǵʰs",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -er",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
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        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Māori translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who spends money."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛndə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛndɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prahosnik",
      "sense": "A person who spends money",
      "word": "прахосник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "A person who spends money",
      "word": "kaiwhakapau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spender"
}

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