Well Hello, and welcome to today’s lesson, my name is Rima and today I’m gonna talk
about different ways of spending money. Now who doesn’t like to spend money but each
time you spend money you can’t be saying the same thing over and over again, like I
just spent my money, I spent all of my money, I spent too much money, it’s not fun, I
have for you some ways of indicating or expressing that you’ve spent money but they sound so
much more cooler and vivid.
The first one on my list is “To Splurge On”, now to
splurge on the word splurge indicates to go overboard which means that you’ve spent
money but you spent too much money, you went over your budget, you went overboard. So for
example, Reena had been eyeing a designer outfit in her favorite store for a long time,
and one fine day she just went and splurged on it which means clearly could not afford
the outfit but she decided to go overboard and overspend and go over her budget and actually
buy it which means that Reena actually splurged on her outfit so that’s the meaning of “To
Splurge On” and the next one is fairly close “To splash Out On” now this means to spend
a huge amount of money so when Eric decided that he wanted to change his car, he decided
to go and splash out on a very expensive car once and for all so which means that Eric
decided to spend a huge amount of money which means “To Splash Out On” his new car now
the difference between splurging on and splashing out on is very very tiny, to splurge on means
to go overboard to go over budget so it just depends on your budget so it could be a small
amount for someone else but for you that amount is big which means you splurged whereas to
splash out on actually means that you are spending a huge amount of money but it may
or may not be over budget for you so that’s the difference between “To Splurge On”
and “To Splash Out On” now the next one is “To Squander” now to squander” means
to throw away or to waste money. So you know I’ve read many novels in which you know
I’ve read the sentence and the Lord just squandered his wealth away which means the
Lord in questing actually wasted or threw away all his fortune all his money so to squander
means to lavishly just waste or throw away your wealth or money so that’s the meaning
of Squandering something that you do not want to indulge in for good reason the next one
on my list is “To Buy For ASong” now this does not mean that you’re singing in order
to get something but it just feels like that because it’s you know you are actually buying
something for such a low price or such an affordable price so when Sally saw that there
was a sale at her favorite store she actually went and bought a lot of outfits for the price
of one and she felt like she was actually buying it for a song so when you get a very
good deal on something you pay very little way little than you know you would have probably
paid otherwise it means that you bought something for a song, so to buy something for a song
means to pay very little or too little so yeah it almost feels like well I paid nothing I just sang my way through buying this so
that is the meaning of to buy for a song moving on I have “To Burn A Hole In One’s Pocket”
now trust me there is no fire here as in there is no physical fire here and definitely don’t
need to call the fire station but to burn a hole in one’s pocket actually means that
you’ve spent all your money so it feels like your pocket had a hole and all your money
just slipped out that’s right to burn a hole in one’s pocket means to spend a lot
or all your money when I realized that you know my car needed to go to the garage I also
realized that it was time for me to burn a hole in my pocket or a huge hole was going
to be burnt in my pocket which all my money was going to go towards the car repairs so
that is the meaning of to burn a hole in one’s pocket moving on I have “To Chip In” you
know this actually is derived from the game of Poker where you actually put your chips
on the Poker Table you know chips are the things that you play the game with but over
here to chip in actually means to contribute but the best part is it means to contribute
willingly so when you actually give in money or contribute money of your own accord you
know of your own will willingly that’s when it’s called chipping in so when we realized
that it was Sally’s birthday we decided to gift her a puppy for her birthday and everyone
chipped in to buy the puppy you know so which means everyone contributed willingly towards
buying the puppy so that is the meaning of chip in and the next one is “Shell Out”
now shelling out is not so willing it’s not out of your own illusion it is actually
done unwillingly so it means to contribute against your will now imagine that you have
borrowed a lot of money from a particular friend and then you and the friend had a falling
out you all don’t talk anymore and for some reason you never felt like returning his money
very bad I must say but well and one fine day he just came to your doorstep and forced
you to shell out the amount which means he forced you to return or contribute the money
against your will so that’s the difference between chipping in and shelling out when
you chip in you contribute willingly and when you shell out you contribute against your
will so that’s the difference between chip in and shell out and the next one on my list
is “To Foot The Bill” now this has nothing to do with your foot or feet it just means
to pay or take care of the bill so when it was my father’s 70th birthday I insisted
to foot the bill of his birthday dinner or for his birthday dinner which means I decided
to pay or take care of the entire bill as a treat for my father and my family so that’s
the meaning of to foot the bill it means to pay or to take care of the entire bill and
the next one now this is a favorite with many many people and has become a trend all over
the world “To Go Dutch” which means to split the money equally so imagine you are
going for dinner with your friends one of your friends say says hey let’s go Dutch
you know which means let’s split the bill equally amongst all of us so if you are going
on a date with a very independent minded woman and you want to give her the feeling that
you appreciate her thinking all you need to do is ask her would you like to go Dutch?
And she would really like it you know, if she is somebody who is very independent minded
and believes in going Dutch which means believes in splitting the bill two ways or equally
so that is the meaning of going Dutch well I really hope you enjoyed learning the ways
to spend money. In case you want to talk to me ask questions or share more ways make sure
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time for me Rima to take your leave make sure you keep spending money and keep spending
it right. Take care.