SPENDING

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does spending mean? 

• SPENDING (noun)
  The noun SPENDING has 1 sense:

1. the act of spending or disbursing money

  Familiarity information: SPENDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPENDING (noun)

Meaning:

The act of spending or disbursing money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

outlay; spending; disbursal; disbursement

Hypernyms ("spending" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spending"):

expending; expenditure (the act of spending money for goods or services)

compensatory spending; deficit spending; pump priming (spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy)