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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Definition of pays up
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 remunerate : verb compensate, reward
- As in spend : verb give, pay out
- As in square : verb pay off, satisfy
- As in compensate : verb make restitution
- As in discharge : verb pay, settle debt
- There's only you and Mr. Brock in the house just now that pays up to the day, so you may guess what it is!
- Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
- His money won't last long if he goes and pays up for every chap here that hasn't got a license.'
- Extract from : « Nevermore » by Rolf Boldrewood
- "She can't go without she pays up what's owing to me first," declared my mistress triumphantly.
- Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
- They hez tew stay till they pays up, an naterally they can't pay up's long ez they stays.
- Extract from : « The Duke of Stockbridge » by Edward Bellamy
- The Board pays up to four hundred pounds to some of its instructors.
- Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
- "It pays up all the arrears when you can leave a chunk of happiness behind you as big as that one," he said to himself.
- Extract from : « Red Pepper Burns » by Grace S. Richmond
- And money—well, he don't ask no credit of no man: he just hauls out his money and pays up, as if he enjoyed gettin' rid of it.
- Extract from : « Romance of California Life » by John Habberton
- Yes, when he pays up youll get your share and get even with the people you dislike at the same time.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific » by Wilbur Lawton
Synonyms for pays up
- absorb
- accord
- allocate
- ante up
- apply
- atone
- award
- balance
- bestow
- blow
- bribe
- buy
- buy off
- cast away
- clear
- clear off
- clear up
- come across
- come down with
- come through
- commit
- concentrate
- confer
- consume
- contribute
- corrupt
- cough up
- defray
- deplete
- disburse
- discharge
- dish out
- dispense
- dissipate
- do business
- donate
- drain
- drop
- employ
- empty
- evote
- exhaust
- expend
- fix
- foot the bill
- fritter
- give
- grant
- guerdon
- hand out
- have
- honor
- indemnify
- invest
- lavish
- lay out
- liquidate
- make even
- make good
- meet
- misspend
- outlay
- pay
- pay down
- pay off
- pay up
- plank out
- pony up
- post
- put in
- quit
- recompense
- recoup
- redress
- refund
- reimburse
- relieve
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
- reward
- rig
- run through
- satisfy
- settle
- shell out
- spring for
- squander
- square up
- take care of
- tamper with
- throw away
- tickle the palm
- use
- use up
- vouchsafe
- waste
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