economize (also economise зктян)
rkon^maizlli'ka:- [v I) to spend less money by buying only what you really need, or by buying cheaper things: Sorry. I can t come out tonight - I'm trying to economize.
economize on sth (-spend less money on
something) Families on low incomes had to economize on food and heating costs.
the amount of money you spend
spending /'spendir; [n UJ the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government
publtc/government spending increases
in government spending
health/education/defence spending In
recent years the government has reduced defence spending.
/|\ Vou can also use spending before a noun, like an adjective: a survey of people's spending habits I big spending cuts
COStS ki)sts||k.r.sts [n plural] the money that a person or organization has to spend regularly on heating, rent, electricity etc: What are your annual fuel costs? cut costs (^reduce costs) Falling sales have forced companies to cut costs. running costs (=the costs of owning and using a car or machine) I'm looking for a car with low running costs.
expenses ik'spensj>z [n plural] the money that you need to spend in order to buy the things you need. John and Rachel have a new baby, so they have о lot of expenses
right now.
travel / living / medical f legal expenses
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Living expenses are much higher in London. I The company doesn't pay my travel expenses.
someone who hates
spending money
Stingy /'stindji [adj] not generous with
your money, even though you are not poor: It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity. stingy - stingier - stingiest
mean /mi:n- \adj\ BRITISH someone who is mean does not like spending money or sharing what they have with other people: He's so mean, he never even buys his wife a birthday present.
+ with. Marsha has always been mean with her money.
О С heap tjilp [adj] american, especially spoken someone who is cheap does not like spending money, and always tries to avoid spending it: Uncle Matt was really cheap - he used to stay with us for weeks, and he never paid for anything.
miser /'maiz3r/ In C] someone who hates
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spending money, and tries to spend as little as possible, especially someone who stores their money in a secret place: Everyone said Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden under his bed.
someone who likes spending money
extravagant /ik'stnevDganl.' \adj] spending a lot of money on things that you do
not really need: $200 on a dress? You're
so extravagant!
throw your money around Вгэор:г
'тлт 3,raond, informal someone who throws their money around has a lot of
money and enjoys spending it: a luxury skiing resort, full of rich people throwing their money around
to spend time
see also stay
spend /spend/ [v T] to spend time somewhere, with someone, or doing something: / never seem to have any time to spend with the children. 1 Dani spends hours on the phone.
spend time doing sth Fay spent a year in Italy teaching English.
spending - spent - have spent
pass the time ,pa:s дэ 'taiml.paes-/ to spend time doing something unimportant, because you have nothing else to do: I started doing a crossword to pass the time.
pass your time The security guards used to pass their time playing cards.
waste /weist/ [и T] to use your time badly, by doing nothing or by doing something that is not usefuclass="underline" Stop wasting time. IVe have to finish this by five o'clock. I I must have wasted two whole hours trying to fix this machine.
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kiU /kil/ [и T] kill time/a couple of
hours etc informal to make the time pass more quickly while you are waiting for something by doing something that you do not need to do: / u>as early, so I sat in a cafe, killing time. ! The train doesn 't leave till two, so we have a couple of hours to kill.
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SPOIL
to make something less attractive less enjoyable, or less effective
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spoil /spoil/ [и T] That new supermarket has really spoiled the view from the house. I Yes. it rained a lot, but we didn't let that spoil our vacation. spoil sth for sb {=make it less enjoyable or exciting for them) Don't tell me the ending of the movie -you'll spoil it for me.
spoil everything/spoil things (completely spoil someone's plans) If you don't come it'll spoil everything.
spoiling - spoiled (also spoilt вкпьн)- have spoiled (alsohave spoilt British)
Qmess Up /,mes лр/ [phrasa/ verb TJ spoken to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned mess up sth The travel agents messed up the arrangements and there was no room for us at the hotel. 1 He's messed up my whole life.
mess sth up 1Me secretly organized a party for her, but then Bill messed every thing up by telling her about it.
ruin ru^n [v TJ to spoil something completely: John and Sandy argued all the time, which completely ruined the evening for the rest of us. I My new white dress was totally ruined! I If the newspapers find out about this, it could ruin his career.
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wreck /тек/ (u T) to completely spoil something important so that it can never exist again or be like it was before: The bombing was a deliberate attempt to wreck the peace talks. I a dreadful car crash that wrecked their lives
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sport
sport spo:rt (л C/U] a physical activity in which people or teams play against each other and try to win: My favourite sports are basketball and motor-racing.
do Sport ESPECIALLY BRITISH play Sport LSPf.CiALLY AMERICAN Do yOU p/ay any