Unspend

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To recover (money that has been spent); to undo the spending of. rare, transitive

    "Now that I have to get a mortgage, I wish I could unspend all that money I wasted on my car."

Example

More examples

"Now that I have to get a mortgage, I wish I could unspend all that money I wasted on my car."

Etymology

From un- + spend.

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