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spending

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈspendɪŋ/US /ˈspendɪŋ/
noun

the amount of money that is spent by a government, an organization or a person

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And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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And you think that it can basically be funded by people spending maybe a couple hundred grand on a ticket to Mars?

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