spend

dépenser

Utiliser de l’argent pour payer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To use money to pay for something.

• Don't spend all your money.
• She spent ten dollars on lunch.
• How much do you spend on food each week?

Comment l'utiliser : spend money on something (I spend very little money on clothes.)

Synonymes : pay out

Contraires : save

Expressions courantes : spend money, spend on something, spend too much

passer, consacrer

Passer une durée à faire une activité ou à rester dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : To use a period of time for an activity or in a particular place.

• We spend Sundays together.
• She spent two hours cooking dinner.
• Where will you spend your summer holiday?

Comment l'utiliser : spend time doing something (He spends an hour reading every evening.); spend time with someone (I spent the afternoon with my aunt.); spend time in/at somewhere (We spent a week in Rome.)

Synonymes : pass

Expressions courantes : spend time, spend the weekend, spend time together

épuiser

Utiliser jusqu’au bout les forces ou l’énergie de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To use up all the strength or force of someone or something.

• The storm had spent its force.
• He spent all his strength fighting the current.
• Her anger spent itself in a long burst of tears.

Comment l'utiliser : spend itself (The storm spent itself against the cliffs.)

Synonymes : exhaust, use up, deplete

Contraires : replenish

Expressions courantes : spend its force, spend someone's strength, spend itself

s'épuiser, se consumer

Diminuer ou disparaître peu à peu à force d’être utilisé.

En anglais simple : To become used up or gradually disappear through use.

• The candle spends away as it burns.
• Their strength spent away during the long struggle.
• The oil spent slowly in the lamp.

Synonymes : dwindle, wear away

Expressions courantes : spend away, spend with use

dépenses, montant dépensé

Somme d’argent dépensée pour un objectif ou pendant une période donnée.

En anglais simple : The amount of money used for a particular purpose or during a particular period.

• Our advertising spend is too high.
• The company reduced its annual spend on travel.
• Average spend per customer rose this month.

Comment l'utiliser : spend on something (Our spend on advertising has increased.)

Synonymes : spending, expenditure, outlay

Expressions courantes : advertising spend, annual spend, spend on something