Build and Spending

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Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Spending is an antonym for build.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Spending noun - The act of spending or disbursing money.

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Build is an antonym for spending in topics: give, occupy.

Nearby Words: spend, spender, spendable

One of the movies in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 has a scientist angry at the hero for making a Ridiculously Human Robot and spending all day playing with it instead of working on other projects and refusing to let anyone build another.

Source: Jerkass Has a Point
Turns out spending a childhood or two moving heavy fishing equipment will build muscle like nobody's business.

Source: Accidental Athlete
Good News, Bad News: Io training facility description, where the good news is that spending the year here will build your endurance, the bad news is the 21.2% fatality rate.

Source: Video Game / System Shock

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