Definition
An archaic word meaning to spend, expend, or distribute money or resources.
Etymology
From Latin dispendere (dis- = away + pendere = to hang/weigh). This word is related to 'expense' and 'spend,' but it's now obsolete in English.
Kelly Says
Medieval and Renaissance writers used 'dispend' the way we use 'spend,' but it fell out of favor. It's like a fossil word—it shows how English vocabulary gets pruned when one word is more popular than another.
Translations
CSČeština
vyžít
vee-zheet
DEDeutsch
ausgeben
owz-geh-ben
ELΕλληνικά
αποστέλλω
a-pos-tel-lo
FISuomi
kuluttaa
ku-lu-taa
FRFrançais
dépenser
deh-pen-ser
HEעברית
להוציא
le-hot-sia
HIहिन्दी
खर्च करना
khar-ch kar-na
IDBahasa Indonesia
membelanjakan
mem-belan-jak-an
ITItaliano
spendere
spen-de-re
MSBahasa Melayu
belanjakan
be-lan-jak-an
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-taw
NLNederlands
uitgeven
oot-geh-ven
PLPolski
wydatkować
vyd-at-ko-vat
PTPortuguês
gastar
gas-tar
RORomână
cheltui
chel-tui
RUРусский
расходовать
rash-kho-do-vat
SWKiswahili
kutumia
tu-mi-na
TRTürkçe
harcamak
har-cha-mak
UKУкраїнська
витрачати
vit-ra-cha-ty