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• n  English poet and critic (1909-1995)
• n  someone who spends money prodigally
• n  someone who spends money to purchase goods or services

• During the 2000 campaign, a Boston Globe reporter spotted Jimmy, then 11, chasing his older brother Jack around the house, calling him a "pork-barrel spender"--a deep cut in the .
• Keynes' argument was that when private citizens and businesses panicked and hoarded money, the only way to prevent depression was for government to become the spender of last resort.
• The baseball "rights" to Elway belonged to the New York Yankees, who belong to George Steinbrenner, a free spender capable of buying a pennant and everything else on the shelf.

• Spender
• Stephen Spender
• Sir Stephen Harold Spender
• spendthrift
• spend-all
• scattergood
• disburser
• expender

News & Articles

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• Robeson ranks high on lottery spending
  RALEIGH — Robeson County may be one of the poorest counties in the state, but when it comes to the North Carolina Education Lottery, it’s a big spender.
  June 15, 2013 - The Robesonian
• America's Top Cheap Eats
  Stuck on a budget, but want to eat like a big spender? These Top 10 Cheap Eats Restaurants in the United States offer meals with plenty of flavor and creativity for not much dough. Enjoy everything from Chinese food prepared by a James Beard Award-winner to chocolate bacon brownies without a lot of wear and tear on the wallet.
  June 14, 2013 - Fox News
• NewsWatch: The $30,000 necktie
  Big Spender: A Father’s Day gift fit for the king of diamonds
  June 13, 2013 - Market Watch

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
  They're very different people, and obviously the area of concern relates to spending and taxation. We think of Bill Clinton as being a tax raiser and a spender,Romney said _ then mused that he had read somewhere that Huckabee had raised more...
• James Inhofe in Washington Post
  Although he said he is a proud conservative, Inhofe described himself as "a big spender" on issues important to Oklahoma _ defense and infrastructure.
• Sarah Palin in Forbes
  It's kind of like those simple lessons our parents used to teach us: Don't spend more than you have,Palin said. "It's that commonsense conservatism that is John McCain. ...... American just cannot afford another big spender in the White...