spendable

/spˈɛndəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

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adj

"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."
"He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”"

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

more spendable (comparative) most spendable (superlative)

unspendable

expendable

dependable commendable expendable extendable amendable

Questions

How do you pronounce spendable?

The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɛndəbəl/.

What does spendable mean?

Capable of being spent.

Where does spendable come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce spendable

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