Spend and Use

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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
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Use is a synonym for spend in application topic. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Spend", when it comes to topics like give, consume, apply, exhaust.
Nearby Words: spent, spending, spender, spendable

Use

Use verb - To put into action or service.
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Spend is a synonym for use in consume topic. You can use "Spend" instead a verb "Use", if it concerns topics such as exhaust.
Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

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energy spend energy use energy
time spend time use time
money spend money use money

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  • In Maxis' SimAnt, you can use the same cheat code that the other games in the series use to give yourself $10,000... but since you're an ant, you can't spend it on anything.
    Source: Global Currency Exception
  • Un Equal Rites Wizards go to Wizarding School and spend long years learning, similarly, not to use serious magic unless absolutely necessary.
    Source: Un Equal Rites
  • In inFAMOUS 2 you spend the game getting enough power to use the RFI to stop The Beast, but it turns out the RFI kills Conduits and anyone with the Conduit gene instead of just depowering Conduits.
    Source: Genocide Dilemma
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