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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

spare no expense en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective.
    • From 1860, the steamer service between Kingstown and Holyhead was operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which never spared expense in providing up-to-date vessels, and in meeting a portion of the cost of improvements to Carlisle Pier. 1960 May 14, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 303:
    • The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable. 1958 May 14, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spares no expense Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sparing no expense Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spared no expense Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spared no expense Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

spare no effort

Translations (6)

it non badare a spese (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · pl nie oszczędzać (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fi maksoi mitä maksoi (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fr se mettre en frais (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · de keine Kosten scheuen (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · pl nie oszczędzić (do everything within one's powers to achieve something)