someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
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Spender \Spen"der\, n. One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
Mr. Harkin already has scapegoats to explain his failure to catch fire: He blames the press for giving him "a raw deal" by misrepresenting him as a big government spender or ignoring him entirely.
The group, the world's biggest R&D spender, is building a Pounds 500m research campus, designed to house 1,500 staff.
Tauke calls Harkin a big spender; the senator says his opponent votes against programs that would help Iowa.
"He's a big spender.
He demanded $100,000, said he was terminally ill with cancer and wanted to die a big spender, and at one point asked to be flown to India to meet with Mother Teresa, the Nobel Prize-winning Roman Catholic nun known for her humanitarian work.
Ad agencies, always on the lookout for the next big spender, are especially interested in the Nestle-Coke venture, which they believe could become one of the year's major new ad accounts.
Procter & Gamble was the second biggest spender, with $1.51 billion.
Despite Republican distortions to the contrary, the governor's Massachusetts record makes clear that he is not a big spender.
The New York Post reported that on a recent night Kon lost $1 million at a Manila casino "and walked out laughing." Federal prosecutor Catherine Palmer described Kon as "a big spender.
The order involves more than 200 HP 9000 Series 800 computer systems, which will be installed in 35 countries. Another big spender in the information technology field is UPS.