Antonyms for pay out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pey

Phonetic Transcription : peɪ

Definition of pay out

Origin : c.1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from Old French paier "to pay, pay up" (12c., Modern French payer), from Latin pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (in Medieval Latin especially "satisfy a creditor"), literally "make peaceful," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in Medieval Latin and was attested in English by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in English by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Paid; paying.

As in pay : verb profit, yield
As in shell out : verb give
As in blow : verb use up money
As in disburse : verb spend money
As in distribute : verb allocate, deliver, spread
As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
As in go through : verb use up

Example sentences :

We'll pay out Miss Charley in some way, but it shan't be by beating him.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

To do so he had had to pay out the last of his fourth ten-dollar bill.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Then I had to pay out some money, and thought I would look over my gold.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

Gideon advised that the order must come from Palmer ere he could pay out the money.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

But there are so many complications and so much money to pay out.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Sit still,” said Josh gruffly, “and see him pay out the line.
Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn

You would not have me pay out of my own earnings; for he will have it, or he'll ruin my bizziness.
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The rent is six dollars—two weeks' pay out (p. 196) of the four.
Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis

I told him, in despair, that I had no authority to pay out his father's money.
Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill

If you can heave in you can lash the ballast to the chain, and then pay out again.
Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day

Synonyms for pay out

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