spend

使う、費やす

何かの代金を払うためにお金を使うこと。

やさしい英語で： To use money to pay for something.

• Don't spend all your money.
• She spent ten dollars on lunch.
• How much do you spend on food each week?

使い方： spend money on something (I spend very little money on clothes.)

類義語： pay out

反対語： save

よく使う表現： spend money, spend on something, spend too much

過ごす、費やす

ある活動をしたり、ある場所にいたりして時間を使うこと。

やさしい英語で： To use a period of time for an activity or in a particular place.

• We spend Sundays together.
• She spent two hours cooking dinner.
• Where will you spend your summer holiday?

使い方： spend time doing something (He spends an hour reading every evening.); spend time with someone (I spent the afternoon with my aunt.); spend time in/at somewhere (We spent a week in Rome.)

類義語： pass

よく使う表現： spend time, spend the weekend, spend time together

使い果たす、消耗させる

人や物の力や勢いをすべて使い切ること。

やさしい英語で： To use up all the strength or force of someone or something.

• The storm had spent its force.
• He spent all his strength fighting the current.
• Her anger spent itself in a long burst of tears.

使い方： spend itself (The storm spent itself against the cliffs.)

類義語： exhaust, use up, deplete

反対語： replenish

よく使う表現： spend its force, spend someone's strength, spend itself

消耗する、尽きる

使われるにつれて減ったり、すっかりなくなったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To become used up or gradually disappear through use.

• The candle spends away as it burns.
• Their strength spent away during the long struggle.
• The oil spent slowly in the lamp.

類義語： dwindle, wear away

よく使う表現： spend away, spend with use

支出額、消費額

ある目的のため、またはある期間に使ったお金の額。

やさしい英語で： The amount of money used for a particular purpose or during a particular period.

• Our advertising spend is too high.
• The company reduced its annual spend on travel.
• Average spend per customer rose this month.

使い方： spend on something (Our spend on advertising has increased.)

類義語： spending, expenditure, outlay

よく使う表現： advertising spend, annual spend, spend on something