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The art of converting future regret into present cardboard boxes.
means The act of paying out money in exchange for goods, services, or experiences.
from From the verb 'spend,' which entered Old English as 'spendan,' borrowed from Latin 'expendere' — 'to weigh out, pay out' — built from 'ex-' (out) plus 'pendere' (to weigh). In the ancient world coins were literally weighed, so to spend was to weigh your silver out into someone else's hand. The same 'pendere' hangs inside 'pending,' 'expense,' and 'pensive' — all carrying that old sense of weight and balance.
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