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English

Noun

someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully

Translations

Estonian: raharaiskaja
Finnish: tuhlari
Icelandic: eyđslukló

Adjective

spendthrift

wasteful, improvident or profligate
lavish or extravagant

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Noun

one who spends recklessly or wastefully

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See: WikiSaurus:miser|miser

Noun

the act of careless or reckless spending

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spendthrift \Spend"thrift`\, n.
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal;
one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used
figuratively.
[1913 Webster]

A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. --Mrs.
R. H. Davis.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a.
Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
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WordNet spendthrift
adj : recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
extravagant, prodigal, profligate]
n : someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spend-all, spender,
scattergood]

Moby Dictionary
big-time spender , dissipative , easy come , easy go , extravagant ,
improvident , incontinent , intemperate , lavish , overgenerous ,
overlavish , overliberal , penny-wise and pound-foolish ,
pound-foolish , prodigal , prodigal son , profligate , profuse ,
spend-all , spender , squanderer , squandering , wasteful , waster ,
wastethrift , wastrel

SPENDTHRIFT. By the Rev. Stat. of Vermont, tit. 16, c. 65, s. 9, spendthrift is defined to be a person who by excessive drinking) gaming, idleness or debauchery of any kind, shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to charge or expense, for support of himself or family.