Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "spending" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Defined As

gerund form of spend

Derived Terms

deficit spending discretionary spending doom spending government spending public spending revenge spending spending money spending power spending spree spending-money

Inflected/Variant Forms

spend

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

defrayal defrayment payment transferred possession transferred property

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

double spending

Type Of (IsA)

expending monetary transaction money transfer payment transferring ownership

Related Terms

amount spend spent

Synonym Network

outgo

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.