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squander definition

squan·der (skwän′dər)

transitive verb

to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly

Etymology: prob. a specialized use of dial. squander, to scatter, popularized after Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, I, iii, 22

intransitive verb

to be wasteful or extravagant

noun

Rare a squandering; extravagant expenditure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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