Replace
Replace verb - To take the place of.
Spend
Spend verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Instead of allowing the animals to spend their final years in peace, each animal's owner plans to simply dispose of their beasts and replace them with newer animals.
Source: Ungrateful Bastard -
Which is especially bad for those who died after being horribly mutilated, because they'll spend their days trying to replace their missing body parts.
Source: Jacob Marley Apparel - The thing is...the only thing to spend these Ollars on are extra characters to replace Maxwell.
Source: Money for Nothing
Cite this Source
Spend and Replace. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/replace/spend
Replace & Spend. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/replace/spend>.
Spend or Replace. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/replace/spend.
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