can "spend" be a noun?

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I looked up "spend" in Google Dictionary and found out it can be a noun--the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a particular length of time , but I can't find "spend" as a noun in other dictionaries. Do you often use it as a noun?

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[+3] - Roberta - 08/14/2009I've seen "spend" used as a noun in marketing and sales jargon. The spend on the new product was more than was budgeted.

@jinmin1988,

jinmin1988 wrote:

I looked up "spend" in Google Dictionary and found out it can be a noun--the amount of money spent for a particular purpose or over a particular length of time , but I can't find "spend" as a noun in other dictionaries. Do you often use it as a noun?

Thanks

I have never heard it used as such...though there is a colloquialism, at least here in Australia, of a "spend up".......which means that one has gone out and spent a lot of money.

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@jinmin1988,

spend is a bit of a noun and quite abjective

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@jinmin1988,

I have never used "spend" as a noun.

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@jinmin1988,

I've heard it used as a noun - same with the word 'shop' - in slang:

Example - 'I did a big shop yesterday' - (I bought a lot of stuff)
'I did a big spend yesterday' - (I spent a lot of money)

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I've seen "spend" used as a noun in marketing and sales jargon.

The spend on the new product was more than was budgeted.

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@dlowan,

I see spend more of a Verb than a noun
because noun's are more names of something
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In British English, especially in commercial usage, 'spend' is very often used as a noun, meaning 'sum of money spent (or to be spent)', for example, a shop may have a sign next to the till saying "£10 minimum spend for credit card transactions".

It is a modern thing and I personally don't like it, but that does not make it wrong.

Here is a blog entry about a pub's party facilities:

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The Bear can accommodate 200-250 people. There is no hire fee required " simply a minimum spend: Mondays to Thursdays £2,000; Saturday £2,500. Parties can bring their own DJ. The Bear can supply equipment. The Bear is licensed until 12pm but it is possible to apply for an extension until 2am at a cost of £50

Remarks on Bookseller.com about Amazon's delivery fees:

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Amazon.co.uk is planning to reduce the minimum spend required for orders to qualify for free shipping from £15 to £5.

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@contrex,

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It is a modern thing and I personally don't like it, but that does not make it wrong.

It's only when you read other prescriptivists in a lather over nothing that you feel confident in declaring something "wrong", Contrex.

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If you ever, if you ever use spend as a noun, the language police will come to your house and kill your dog and your cat.

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@Setanta,

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If you ever, if you ever use spend as a noun, the language police will come to your house and kill your dog and your cat.

Whatever it is that causes OmSig to mindlessly repeat nonsensical things about language has now spread to Setanta.

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In Britain, it is common the refer to children's "spends" or pocket money.

It's a bit slangy, though.

But I would not be surprised to hear "spend" or a phrase like "total spend" used (as a noun) in a news item, for example.

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Retailers are hoping for a big spend from consumers in the run up to Christmas I have been told.

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