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IELTS Vocabulary for Money and Finance - IELTS Benchmark
February 20, 2025 - Cost of living – The amount of money it costs to pay life’s expenditures. For example, food, rent, transport etc… · Credit – The ability to obtain goods or services without paying for them immediately. Deflation – A general reduction in prices within the economy · Discount – A reduction from the usual cost of something · Extravagant – lacking restraint in spending money or something that costs too much money
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SPENDING MONEY Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for SPENDING MONEY: pocket money, petty cash, two cents, pin money, chicken feed, dime, chump change, hay; Antonyms of SPENDING MONEY: funds, capital, mint, means, bundle, fortune, wad, king's ransom
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SPEND Synonyms | Collins English Thesaurus
Synonyms for SPEND in English: pay out, fork out, expend, lay out, splash out, shell out, disburse, apply, use, employ, …
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Cambridge Dictionary
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SPEND - 64 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English
I'm not going to fork out another £20 for their tickets. ... We had to shell out £2,000 to get the roof fixed. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of spend. ... If you spend money, you give money as a payment for something.
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SPEND Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for SPEND: pay, give, expend, disburse, lay out, waste, outlay, shell out; Antonyms of SPEND: save, make, earn, realize, acquire, hoard, win, gain
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r/EnglishLearning on Reddit: Term for money to spend
August 5, 2022 -
Hey, does spending money and free money count as “money to spend”? Let’s say a friend asks me out with him and I answer“unfortunately I don’t have any free money at the moment” Is it correct way to reply? And I’m looking for any alternative synonyms for “money to spend”, thank you all. P.S formal and everyday synonyms would be great, thanks.
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Spending money Money to spare Disposable income
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"free money" is usually money you get for doing nothing - it's fairly negative and the idea is you are receiving money (from the government) without working. It's usually used in business contexts. - Corporate America Embraces Short-Term IOUS as Free Money Ends So in this case it wouldn't work. In the situation where your friend invites you to dinner, and you don't want to or can't spend the money, here's some alternatives: Friend: "Hey do you want to go out to an expensive restaurant tonight?" You #1: "No thanks, I don't have any extra money right now." You #2: "No thanks, I'm broke right now." [informal but okay with friends] You #3: "No thanks, I don't have money to spend on restaurants right now" [more formal] You #4: "No thanks, I'm not really into spending money on expensive restaurants" [this means you have money, but don't like spending it on expensive restaurants]
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27 Synonyms & Antonyms for SPENDING MONEY | Thesaurus.com
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10 Essential Money Synonyms for IELTS Success - IELTS 101
May 9, 2024 - To balance your financial lexicon, you’ll need to address the flip side of ‘earnings’: ‘expenditure’. A less frequently used but equally potent term, it’s the yin to your savings’ yang in IELTS conversations. First key idea: ‘Expenditure’ reflects your knowledge of money as it flows outwards, encompassing costs, spending, and consumption—key themes in many an IELTS task card.
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228 Synonyms & Antonyms for EXPENDITURE | Thesaurus.com
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Spend Synonyms: 93 Synonyms and Antonyms for Spend | YourDictionary.com
Synonyms for SPEND: consume, exhaust, deplete, allocate, disburse, drain, give, lay out, blow, waste, expend, pay, squander; Antonyms for SPEND: save, be lazy, keep, conserve, save, earn, hoard, receive, keep, get.
Cambridge Dictionary
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TO SPEND MONEY - Cambridge English Thesaurus article page
Another verb you can use for this is pay. Pay has a slightly different use than spend. It is used to say that you are giving money to a person or company in exchange for something you are buying.
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Spending - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy · type of: defrayal, defrayment, payment · the act of paying money · noun money paid out; an amount spent · synonyms: expenditure, expense, outgo, outlay · see ...
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SPENDING - 52 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English
SPENDING - Synonyms, related words and examples | Cambridge English Thesaurus