verb
Meaning 1
To distribute money; to disburse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
pay out
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verb
Meaning 2
To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 3
To slacken by lengthening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To repay, take revenge.
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verb
Meaning 5
To give someone their just desserts.
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verb
Meaning 6
To make fun of or insult, often in a teasing manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
expend, as from a fund
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disburse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pay
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: elspezi — to distribute money; to disburse
- Finnish: maksaa — to distribute money; to disburse
- Russian: выпла́чивать (vypláčivatʹ) — to distribute money; to disburse
- Russian: вы́платить (výplatitʹ) — to distribute money; to disburse
- Finnish: antaa löysää — nautical: to slacken by lengthening
- Māori: kautuku — nautical: to slacken by lengthening
- Māori: whakahoro — nautical: to slacken by lengthening
- Māori: whakahorohoro — nautical: to slacken by lengthening
- Māori: hoka — nautical: to slacken by lengthening
- Dutch: betaald zetten — to repay, take revenge
- Dutch: wraak nemen — to repay, take revenge
- Finnish: maksaa potut pottuina — to repay, take revenge
- Finnish: kostaa — to repay, take revenge