spending

fe’l verb

1. To pay out (money). He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.
2. To squander. to spend an estate in gambling
3. To exhaust, to wear out. The violence of the waves was spent.
4. To consume, to use up (time). My sister usually spends her free time in nightclubs.

ot noun

1. An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent. excessive spendings
2. Present participle of spend, expenditure.