"spend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

spend verbo

spend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 117
spend time • spend hours • spend money • spend millions • spend billions • spend thousands • spend Christmas • spend part • ...
verbo + spend
Kolokacji: 84
spend before moving • spend before returning • spend before joining • begin spending • start spending • plan to spend • prefer to spend • ...
spend + preposición
Kolokacji: 62
spend out • spend on • spend outside • spent since • spend between • ...
spend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
spend heavily • better spent • spend together • actually spend • well spent • spend long • once spend • later spend • spend alone • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(3) actually, practically
Kolokacji: 2
(4) well, easily
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, literally
Kolokacji: 2
(9) outdoors, indoors
Kolokacji: 2
(10) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(13) improperly, properly
Kolokacji: 2
  • "Those responsible must be made to resign public office and to repay to the state money improperly spent."
  • According to the department's inspector general, nearly $229,000 of the project's $260,000 budget was spent improperly or questionably.
  • It found that $1.17 million had been improperly spent, as follows:
  • It does not suggest the money was spent improperly.
  • He said he would try to recover the amounts spent improperly under the discount card program.
  • In October 2005, local politicians accused Anderson of improperly spending public money.
  • But the mountain of litigation the Barnes has engendered produced claims that money may have been improperly spent.
  • At the same time, some federal money was spent improperly and not according to HUD law, which is also now under investigation.
  • They said the report was meant to illuminate systematic flaws and to retrieve money that was improperly spent.
  • A federal audit found that the program had improperly spent money and had not properly accounted for its federal grants.
2. properly spent = odpowiednio wydać properly spent
(14) gladly, willingly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) effectively, efficiently
Kolokacji: 2

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