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spendable en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English spendable; equivalent to spend + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being spent.
   • He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.” 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 28, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 183:
   • Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable.

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Deriveds

unspendable