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Definition of Big spender
1. Noun. One who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment. "The last of the big spenders"
Definition of Big spender
1. Noun. (idiomatic) One who frequently makes large purchases, especially of extravagant goods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Big Spender
Literary usage of Big spender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jewish Code of Jurisprudence: Talmudical Law Decisions, Civil, Criminal and by Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Jacob Louis Kadushin (1915)
"If the borrower had only one lender, and one borrower for the lender, it belongs
to him when the borrower is a big spender or he is a poor man and even the ..."
2. Governance of Public Research: Toward Better Practices by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (2003)
"... in particular in the big "spender" countries. Though numbers are still small,
the percentage increases are quite remarkable in some countries: in Canada ..."
3. Guaranteed Electronic Markets: The Backbone of a 21st Century Economy? by Wingham Rowan (1997)
"A big spender on menswear, for example, may be offered his yellow shirt for £io
but, noting that he has not bought a pair of trousers in three months, ..."
4. Maggie's Sauna by Paul E. Furdon (2000)
"They would make Scrooge, before his conversion, look like a big spender in Las
Vegas. On the designated day, after their daily workout at the club, ..."
5. Turkey by Heike Brockmann, Tim Kelsey, Asli Uler (1998)
"Buy a couple of pounds for a song and look like a big spender back home!
TRANSPORTATION Road Transport Those with their own vehicles will enter the country ..."
6. Precious Metals (Gold, Silver and Platinum): Industry and Trade Summary by Deborah McNay (1995)
"19. 54 See explanation in the US consumption section. 56 "China Now the Big
Spender on Gold," New York Times, May 21, 1993, p. ..."
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