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unspend

verb

Etymology

From un- + spend.

  1. derived from expendere
  2. inherited from *spendōn✻ — “to spend”
  3. inherited from spendan
  4. inherited from spenden
  5. prefixed as unspend — “un + spend”

Definitions

  1. To recover (money that has been spent)

    To recover (money that has been spent); to undo the spending of.

    • Now that I have to get a mortgage, I wish I could unspend all that money I wasted on my car.

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