Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 7 compound words that contain spending. The most common are listed below. Open spending in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- government spendingAll government consumption and investment, excluding transfer payments made by the state.
- spending timepresent participle and gerund of spend time
- spending moneyA sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases.
- discretionary spendingThe amount or portion of a person's or group's expenditures which is used for non-essential or voluntary disbursements; the amount or portion of one's expenditures which one may make as one sees fit.
- public spendingpublic expenditure
- Consumer spending
- Capital spending
- Military spending
- spending a pennypresent participle and gerund of spend a penny
- spending powerThe income available to households for spending.
- social spendingGovernment funding for the benefit of citizens, such as money spent on health care, social welfare, and education.
- deficit spendingThe spending by a government in excess of government revenue, intended to boost the economy.
- doom spendingThe act of excessively purchasing consumer goods to cope with financial stress.
- spending spreeAn expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
- revenge spendingA sudden surge in the purchase of consumer goods after people are denied the opportunity to shop for extended periods of time.
- spending money like waterpresent participle of spend money like water: To spend a lot of money without concern over whether it is spent wisely.
- spending good money after badpresent participle and gerund of spend good money after bad
- spending spreesplural of spending spree: An expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
Compound words 7
- nonspendingNot spending money.
- overspendingpresent participle and gerund of overspend
- underspendingpresent participle and gerund of underspend
- antispendingOpposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
- forespendingpresent participle and gerund of forespend
- forspendingpresent participle and gerund of forspend
- outspendingpresent participle and gerund of outspend