Hello
Could you, please, give me another word for "spend" but with a slight negative meaning. It's not "waste". The meaning of waste is too strong. I need something between "spend" and "waste/blow".
Maybe it would mean to spend much more than required in fact. I would use that word when I spend money on some products in a company. I need those products, however I could spend less than I do now. Maybe "overspend"?:)
"overspend" expresses the idea that you spent too much.
If you spend a lot of money on something which was a luxury or not necessary, you could say "splash out on". It's informal.
e.g. When I need a car, I usually buy a Mini but this time I had just received a big bonus, so I splashed out on a Jaguar.
You still needed a new car but you didn't need to buy such an expensive one.
There are some...
spend synonyms -
allocatestar
concentrate
consume
contribute
donate
drop
employ
expend
give
invest
put in
settle
use
waste
absorb
apply
bestow
blow
confer
defray
deplete
disburse
dispense
dissipate
drain
empty
exhaust
fritter
lavish
liquidate
misspend
squander
ante up
cast away
come across
come through
cough up
evote
foot the bill
hand out
lay out
outlay
pay down
pay up
run through
shell out
spring for
throw away
use up
