English noun: spending | |||
1. | spending (act) the act of spending or disbursing money | ||
Synonyms | disbursal, disbursement, outlay | ||
Broader (hypernym) | defrayal, defrayment, payment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compensatory spending, deficit spending, expending, expenditure, pump priming | ||
2. | spending (possession) money paid out; an amount spent | ||
Synonyms | expenditure, outgo, outlay | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transferred possession, transferred property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cost, expense, transfer payment | ||
Antonyms | income | ||