Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spare no expense

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: spare no -ex-pense
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

spares no expense (present, singular) sparing no expense (participle, present) spared no expense (participle, past) spared no expense (past)

Phrases

spare no effort

Frequently Paired Words

spare no effort

Questions

What does spare no expense mean?: To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective.

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