Definition

1. Verb:

   • To spend: To use money to pay for goods, services, or to cover costs of living. It is the primary action of disbursing funds.
   • To expend: To use up a resource, such as money, time, or energy, often with a focus on careful allocation or consumption.

2. Noun:

   • Spending / Expenditure: The act of spending money, or the total amount of money that is spent, often discussed in the context of personal or household budgets.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Gia đình tôi chi tiêu rất tiết kiệm. (My family spends very frugally.)
  • Công ty cần chi tiêu ngân sách một cách khôn ngoan. (The company needs to spend its budget wisely.)
• Noun:
  • Chi tiêu hàng tháng của họ tăng lên. (Their monthly spending has increased.)
  • Anh ấy theo dõi mọi khoản chi tiêu. (He tracks every item of expenditure.)

Advanced Usage

• "chi tiêu hoang phí" / "chi tiêu phung phí": To spend wastefully or extravagantly.

  • Chi tiêu phung phí sẽ nhanh chóng dẫn đến nợ nần. (Wasteful spending will quickly lead to debt.)

• Used in formal or economic contexts to refer to government or corporate expenditure.

  • Chi tiêu công cho giáo dục là ưu tiên. (Public expenditure on education is a priority.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiêu dùng (v/n): To consume / Consumption. Often used for general consumption of goods and services.

  • Sức tiêu dùng trong nước đang mạnh. (Domestic consumption is strong.)

• Tiêu pha (v): To spend (money), often on daily, incidental, or personal expenses.

  • Cô ấy tiêu pha nhiều vào quần áo. (She spends a lot on clothes.)

Synonyms

• Spend: The most direct synonym for using money to buy things.
• Expend: To use or spend a resource, often in a formal context.
• Disburse: To pay out money, especially from a fund.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Đầu tư chi tiêu: A phrase combining investment and spending, sometimes used in economics to discuss spending that has a future return.

  • Chính phủ khuyến khích đầu tư chi tiêu vào cơ sở hạ tầng. (The government encourages investment spending on infrastructure.)

• Kiểm soát chi tiêu: To control spending.

  • Việc kiểm soát chi tiêu là bước đầu để tiết kiệm. (Controlling spending is the first step to saving.)

1. To spend
   • chi tiêu một món tiền lớn
     to spend a great sum of money
   • chi tiêu có kế hoạch
     to spend in a planned way