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# spendthrift

noun (spendthrifts)

«spendthrift» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spendthrift/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, a young man who wastes all his money and goods, so that he has nothing left in the end; a warning figure in tales

### Examples

- A spendthrift spends all his money at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spendthrift/#x1)
- The young man was a great spendthrift and had run through all his money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spendthrift/#x2)
- Here a young spendthrift is warned in a dream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spendthrift/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spendthrift» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spendthrift/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spendthrift» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spendthrift.html) on Mova free.