we require to spend vs we ask you to spend

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'We require to spend' is not commonly used in English, while 'We ask you to spend' is a more natural and common way to express the idea of requesting someone to spend money.

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we require to spend

This phrase is not commonly used in English. The verb 'require' is usually followed by a noun or a gerund, not an infinitive.

To express the idea of needing to spend money, it is more common to say 'We are required to spend.'

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See, that would require me to spend a lot of time on the road, and I can't afford to be away from Robert for that long.
Some side effects of Beromun are serious and could require a patient to spend time in an intensive care unit after treatment.
The Undergraduates programme, which requires permanent staff to spend considerable time training the students, is therefore liable to be discontinued without the aid.
This would mean require the EU to spend still much more each year on armament research.
Yet it would be cynical in the extreme if we failed to point out that the structural adjustment programmes which must be undertaken by these countries to secure loans and funding from the international financial institutions now require them to spend less on prevention, public health and education.
Regulations have applied in the coach transport sector since April 2007 that require coaches to spend one day off the road every six days during a group holiday trip in order to protect the driver from fatigue.
Question Time will, however, be cut by the amount of time - some 15-20 minutes - which we require to do this.
They are the ones who we require to be compliant with the CFP and not recreational fishermen pursuing their hobby.
I believe that this provides us with all the elements we require to make the European sky one of the safest skies in the world.
It has all we require to complete our investigation of a murder, with all the necessary evidence and all the well-placed clues.
The G20 has the potential to start the process of creating global rules on finance, which we require to prevent such an economic calamity happening again.
This requires productivity, and I don't have time to spend on fantasy football.
I believe that this growing militarisation requires the Member States to have increasingly powerful arms industries and to spend more on weapons.
Proof of this can be seen in the ever shorter amount of time we require to carry out our work, as well as in the fact that the length of time citizens have to wait is constantly being reduced.
All we require is unprocessed foods and functional training.
We require our guests to show identification.
We require candidate countries to adopt European legislation.
We require extra mobiles to maintain watch on coast road.
We require strengthened monitoring and a reinforcement of current eradication measures.
No time to spend my money.

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We are required to spend

we ask you to spend

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to politely request someone to spend money.

This phrase is used when you want to politely request someone to spend money. It is a common and natural way to make a request.

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We can't ask you to spend your life with a man you think repulsive.
Besides, I don't know how much of a future we got, but I shouldn't ask you to spend one second looking backwards.
It's not fair of me to ask you to spend all your money on our wedding.
I would ask you not to spend too long on points of order.
Besides, I don't know how much of a future we got, but I shouldn't ask you to spend one second looking backwards.
Imaglne I'm going to die in two days and I ask you to spend them with me, both going all out.
May we ask your permission to spend the night here?
Captain, we should ask Data to spend time with him.
However, I would ask you to spend a little longer on the subject matter of this question, because I have received two requests for the floor, and according to the Rules of Procedure, I am obliged to grant them.
I'll ask Cécile to spend the night searching for ones from our side.
We have someone - an educational psychologist, who pops in once every three weeks, and I'd like to ask her to spend some time with Ryan.
When a guy asks me to spend time with him, maybe he plans something a little more interesting than hanging out at home, watching TV.
When a man asks for someone to spend his last hour with, you do it.
I'm going to ask her to spend the rest of her life with me.
And yet you would ask me to spend the rest of my life with a man 20 years my senior, one I do not even know, much less love.
Will you ask her to spend the day with us?
If you want me to court your friend, don't ask me to spend another moment in your presence.
We didn't ask for somewhere to spend the night?
It's what the Mosuo women call a secret visit when a woman asks a man to spend the night and then leave in the morning.
You might make a million and ask me to spend ten years with you!

Alternatives:

We request that you spend
We would like you to spend
We invite you to spend
We urge you to spend
We encourage you to spend

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