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Spent

/ˈspɛnt/

To pay out (money).

📖 Definitions of "Spent"

verb
  1. 1

    To pay out (money).

    "He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper."

  2. 2

    To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

  3. 3

    To squander.

    "to spend an estate in gambling"

  4. 4

    To exhaust, to wear out.

    "The violence of the waves was spent."

adjective
  1. 1

    Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

    "a spent cartridge"

  2. 2

    Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

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