spendthrift (redirected from spendthrifts)

spend·thrift  (spndthrft)

n.

One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.

adj.

Wasteful or extravagant: spendthrift bureaucrats.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spendthrift - someone who spends money prodigally scattergood, spend-all, spender 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" prodigal, profligate, extravagant wasteful - tending to squander and waste

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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.)

adjective

wasteful, extravagant, prodigal, profligate, improvident his father's spendthrift ways
wasteful careful, prudent, economical, sparing, provident, frugal, thrifty, parsimonious

Translations

spendthrift [ˈspendθrɪft]

A. ADJ → derrochador, pródigo

B. N → derrochador(a) m/f, pródigo/a m/f

spendthrift [ˈspɛndθrɪft] n → dépensier/ière m/f

spendthrift

adj → verschwenderisch

n → Verschwender(in) m(f)

spendthrift [ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]

1. adj → spendereccio/a

2. n → spendaccione/a

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spendthrift [ˈspɛndˌθrɪft]

1. adj → spendereccio/a

2. n → spendaccione/a