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spendthrift

[ spend-thrift ]

noun

  1. a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.


adjective

  1. wastefully extravagant; prodigal.

    Synonyms: profligate, improvident, wasteful

spendthrift

/ ˈspɛndˌθrɪft /

noun

  1. a person who spends money in an extravagant manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. usually prenominal of or like a spendthrift

    spendthrift economies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spendthrift1

First recorded in 1595–1605; spend + thrift
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spendthrift1

C17: from spend + thrift
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Example Sentences

Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.

And his book also took a decidedly conservative view – describing them as chronic spendthrifts, dependent on welfare payments and mostly failing to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

From BBC

The U.S. government is hardly a spendthrift with arts dollars, but what if it were to pony up for the industry again?

Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn’t happening.

And the frustrations certainly aren’t new to those fans, who have watched this spendthrift organization reach the postseason just once in the past 22 years.

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