Reverse Dictionary: SPEND

ADJECTIVES
► IMPENDIOUS lavish, extravagant, over-liberal; spending more than is needed → 1623 obs.
► NIGGER RICH foolishly or vulgarly extravagant; spending money immediately → 1930 Amer. dial., derogatory
► SUMPTUOUS of persons, etc.: spending largely, squandering, prodigal; hence, magnificent in equipment or way of living; extremely splendid → 1538 obs.

NOUNS
► ASPENDICITIS a notional medical condition of a symptomatic need to spend money → 1961 US sl.
► FLANDERS RECKONING spending money in a place that has no links to the place where one received the money → E17 sl.
► IMPENDIOUSNESS liberality, extravagant spending → 1727 obs.
► POPPING spending money recklessly and enthusiastically → 1940s African-American sl.
► SPLASH a spending spree → 1970 US sl.
► SQUANDERMANIA a mania for spending money → 1991 (Bk.)
► WARING spending, investing of money → c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BALLA ► BALLER a person, esp. a drug dealer, who spends money freely and ostentatiously → 1990 sl., orig. & chiefly African-American usage
► BIG BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a wealthy big spender → 1925 New York sl.
► BIG LEGS a big spender; a rich man → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BIG ROLLER one who spends extravagantly; one who gambles for high stakes; a ‘high roller’ → 1973 US sl.
► BIG-TIME SPENDER someone who spends a lot of money → 1995 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a man who is a farmer or small-town businessman and who spends money extravagantly; used derisively → 1924 Amer. sl.
► HIGH ROLLER a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly; a big-time spender → 1881 sl., chiefly US & Can.
► SPENDAHOLIC a person who is addicted to spending money → 1982

PHRASES
► MONEY BURNS A HOLE IN ONE’S POCKET one is impatient to spend one’s money → 1875
► MONEY BURNS IN ONE’S POCKET one is impatient to spend one’s money → 1702

VERBS
► AXE to lessen expenditure → 1923 Eng. sl.
► BADDLE to spend profligately → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEWARE to lay out money etc., to expend, to spend → c1374 obs.
► BIRL to spend money freely in drink or gaming → 1776 Sc. 
► BIRL THE BAWBEE to make the money fly, to gamble or spend in drink → 1776 Sc.
► BLOW to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1874 sl.
► BLOW IN to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1886 sl., chiefly US
► BLOW ONESELF to spend money freely → 1896 Amer. dial.
► BLOW OUT to spend money, usually quickly and foolishly → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLUE to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1846 sl.
► BREAK to begin spending → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BURST to spend money extravagantly → 1892 sl.
► CHUCK to spend extravagantly → 1876 sl.
► DEBAUCH to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander → 1632 obs.
► DEBOISE to spend prodigally, to squander → 1632 obs.
► DO IN to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1889 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
► DO ONE’S CASH to spend all one’s available funds → 20C Aust. sl.
► DO ONE’S DOUGH to lose one’s money; to spend up → 1910s sl., orig. Aust.
► DROP to spend or lose money; to give a tip → L19 sl.
► DROP SOME IRON to spend some money → 1987 US teen & high school sl.
► DWINDLE OUT to spend → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FLASH THE DIBS to show or spend one’s money → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► GALTEE to spend → L19 UK tramps’ sl.
► HANG IT ON ONE’S BACK of a woman: to spend too much on clothes, or to overdress → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HAVE MONEY TO BURN to be rich, to have plenty to spend → 20C sl.
► IMPEND to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow → c1486 obs.
► KNOCK DOWN to spend all one’s money on a spree, drinking bout, or celebration → 1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LAMB-DOWN to spend money on a drink → 1999 Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)
► LASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander; to be extravagant in spending → 1513 Brit. colloq.
► LAUNCH OUT to become extravagant in living or expenditure; to spend money; to give, to pay → 1840 Eng. dial.
► LAY FORTH to spend, to expend → 1584 obs.
► MAFFLE to spend recklessly; to squander, to waste in trifles → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGGOT to waste money; to spend foolishly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE AWAY WITH to spend too freely; to squander → 1905 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► MAKE IT FLY to spend money very freely; to go on a spree → L19 colloq.
► MAKE POTS AND PANS to spend freely, then beg → 1823 sl.
► MELT of money: to spend in drink → 1843 Sc.
► MISGUIDE to mismanage; to waste, to squander; to mis-spend → 1792 Sc. 
► MUSS UP to spend or waste money → 1909 sl.
► OBLIGURATE to spend all on the belly → 1623 obs.
► OUTRUN THE CONSTABLE to spend more than one can afford; to live beyond one’s means → 1698 sl.
► OVER-RUN THE CONSTABLE to spend more than one can afford; to live beyond one’s means → 1748 sl.
► PERISH ONE’S PACK to spend or squander all of one’s money → 1656 chiefly Sc., obs.
► RUN A MATCH AGAINST THE CONSTABLE to spend more than one can afford; to live beyond one’s means → 1836 sl.
► SAVE ONE’S POCKET to avoid spending one’s money → 1883
► SCARE to spend, to consume → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOOT ONE’S WAD to spend all one’s money → 1950s African-American sl.
► SKITTLE DOWN to spend or lose money prodigally; to squander → 1883
► SPLASH to spend money extravagantly → 1910s sl.
► SPLASH OUT ► SPLASH OUT ON to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1934 sl.
► SPLURGE to spend money recklessly; to squander → 1934 sl., orig. US
► SPORT to spend money freely or extravagantly → M19 sl.
► SPREAD ONE’S BREAD to spend money → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TAP to ‘turn on the tap’ of gifts; to open the purse or pocket; to spend or ‘bleed’ freely, to incur expense → 1712 obs.
► VENT to spend, to get rid of a fortune → 1610 obs.
► WALK INTO to spend money freely → M19 sl.
► WARE to spend, to lay out money or goods → a1417 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.