Antonyms for paying out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pey
Phonetic Transcription : peɪ


Definition of paying 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 :
  • The parents of these children are paying out of their own pockets to have them taught, as it is.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • He foresaw the consequences of paying out this depreciated paper.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • There was also on one of these waggons my Company's money for paying out the men.
  • Extract from : « With a Reservist in France » by F. A. Bolwell
  • I don't care what comes, I'll find some way of paying out that beast!'
  • Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
  • Someone above must be paying out the rope to which he was attached.
  • Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
  • He too, in a sense, was paying out in pennies, and so far quite satisfactorily.
  • Extract from : « Gray youth » by Oliver Onions
  • Girls were paying out fortunes, and getting the handsomest men I ever saw.
  • Extract from : « Toasts » by William Pittenger
  • The office is paying out good money to the men that should do that.
  • Extract from : « Calumet 'K' » by Samuel Merwin
  • The tug moved away from the asteroid, paying out the cable as it went.
  • Extract from : « Thin Edge » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • He had bought a big farm not far from Chicago, for which he was paying out of his savings.
  • Extract from : « The Last Spike » by Cy Warman

Synonyms for paying out

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