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spendable

spendable adjective: capable of being spent.

Adjective

spendable (comparative more spendable, superlative most spendable)

  1. Capable of being spent.
    • Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable.
    • He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 28, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 183

Forms of spendable

comparativemore spendable
superlativemost spendable

Origin of spendable

From Middle English spendable; equivalent to spend + -able.

Words formed from spendable

Questions about spendable

What does spendable mean?
Spendable means capable of being spent.
What part of speech is spendable?
Spendable is an adjective.

Words near spendable in the dictionary

  1. spend money like water
  2. spend time
  3. spend-all
  4. spend-alls
  5. spendability
  6. spendable
  7. spendaholic
  8. spendaholics
  9. spendall
  10. spendalls
  11. spendathon

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