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spend·thrift
(spĕnd′thrĭft′)n.
One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
adj.
Wasteful or extravagant: spendthrift bureaucrats.
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spendthrift
(ˈspɛndˌθrɪft)n
(Banking & Finance) a person who spends money in an extravagant manner
adj
(Banking & Finance) (usually prenominal) of or like a spendthrift: spendthrift economies.
[C17: from spend + thrift]
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spend•thrift
(ˈspɛndˌθrɪft)n.
1. a person who spends money or wealth extravagantly and wastefully; prodigal.
adj. 2. wastefully extravagant; prodigal.
[1595–1605]
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spendthrift
- One who spends the "thrift" or earnings/wealth of another.See also related terms for spends.
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Noun | 1. | spendthrift - someone who spends money prodigally big spender, high roller - one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; "the last of the big spenders" |
Adj. | 1. | spendthrift - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" wasteful - tending to squander and waste |
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spendthrift
noun
1. squanderer, spender, profligate, prodigal, big spender, waster, wastrel I was a natural spendthrift when I was single.
squanderer penny-pincher (informal), miser, skinflint, Scrooge, tight-arse (taboo slang), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. slang), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), meanie or meany (informal, chiefly Brit.)
squanderer penny-pincher (informal), miser, skinflint, Scrooge, tight-arse (taboo slang), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. slang), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), meanie or meany (informal, chiefly Brit.)
adjective
1. wasteful, extravagant, prodigal, profligate, improvident his father's spendthrift ways
wasteful careful, prudent, economical, sparing, provident, frugal, thrifty, parsimonious
wasteful careful, prudent, economical, sparing, provident, frugal, thrifty, parsimonious
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spendthrift
nounA person who spends money or resources wastefully:
Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending:
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Translations
مُبَذِّر، مُسْرِف
-icemarnotratník
ødeland
eyîslukló
márnotratník
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spendthrift
[ˈspɛndθrɪft] n → dépensier/ière m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
spendthrift
[ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]1. adj → spendereccio/a
2. n → spendaccione/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spend
(spend) – past tense, past participle spent (-t) – verb1. to use up or pay out (money). He spends more than he earns.
2. to pass (time). I spent a week in Spain this summer.
spent (spent) adjective1. used. a spent match.
2. exhausted. By the time we had done half of the job we were all spent.
ˈspendthrift noun a person who spends his money freely and carelessly.
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