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spendthrift

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spend·thrift  (spndthrft)
n.
One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
adj.
Wasteful or extravagant: spendthrift bureaucrats.

[spend + thrift, accumulated wealth (obsolete).]

spendthrift [ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a person who spends money in an extravagant manner
adj
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (usually prenominal) of or like a spendthrift spendthrift economies
[from spend + thrift]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spendthriftspendthrift - someone who spends money prodigally
prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
big spender, high roller - one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; "the last of the big spenders"
Adj.1.spendthrift - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
wasteful - tending to squander and waste

spendthrift
noun
squanderer, spender, profligate, prodigal, big spender, waster, wastrel I was a natural spendthrift when I was single.
squanderer penny-pincher (informal), miser, skinflint, Scrooge, tight-arse (taboo slang), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. slang), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), meanie or meany (informal, chiefly Brit.)
Translations
spendthrift [ˈspendθrɪft]
A. ADJderrochador, pródigo
B. Nderrochador(a) m/f, pródigo/a m/f
spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] ndépensier/ière m/f
spendthrift
nVerschwender(in) m(f)
spendthrift [ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]
1. adjspendereccio/a
2. nspendaccione/a

spendthrift [ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]
1. adjspendereccio/a
2. nspendaccione/a


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A SPENDTHRIFT, seeing a single swallow, pawned his cloak, thinking that Summer was at hand.
"You, my little countess, are a notorious spendthrift," said the count, and having kissed his wife's hand he went back to his study.
He was now esteemed quite worthy to address the daughter of a foolish, spendthrift baronet, who had not had principle or sense enough to maintain himself in the situation in which Providence had placed him, and who could give his daughter at present but a small part of the share of ten thousand pounds which must be hers hereafter.
 
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