Antonyms for paying up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Definition of paying 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
- We are your debtors, as well as Belle, and demand the privilege of paying up.
- Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott
- When you've known Flathers as long as I have, you won't talk about him paying up.
- Extract from : « A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill » by Alice Hegan Rice
- At least they will make it worth your while by paying up handsomely?
- Extract from : « The Far Horizon » by Lucas Malet
- The work of paying up and disbanding the contingent portion of the force was quickly carried out.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army » by Charles Alexander Gordon
- They did a longtime credit business with safe customers, who never thought of paying up very close on their large indebtedness.
- Extract from : « A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays » by Willa Cather
- While Angelina was in the house, Martine explained to her mother what she had meant by "paying up."
- Extract from : « Brenda's Ward » by Helen Leah Reed
- But he refused to play, pretending to have become pious, and also held back about paying up his old debts.
- Extract from : « The Rangers » by D. P. Thompson
- In no circumstances would he grant any tenant one single day's grace in paying up.
- Extract from : « Mashi and Other Stories » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Very good; I will call on him at once and frighten him into paying up; but I must have something for myself.
- Extract from : « Tales of Bengal » by S. B. Banerjea
- And any fool might know that when you are paying up back debts you can't have much money to sport around on.
- Extract from : « Hope Mills » by Amanda M. Douglas
Synonyms for paying 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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