Synonyms for pay down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for pay down Other synonyms for the word pay down
- absorb
- ante up
- apply
- bestow
- blow
- cast away
- come across
- come through
- confer
- cough up
- defray
- deplete
- disburse
- dispense
- dissipate
- drain
- empty
- evote
- exhaust
- foot the bill
- fritter
- hand out
- lavish
- lay out
- liquidate
- misspend
- outlay
- pay down
- pay up
- put in
- run through
- settle
- shell out
- spring for
- squander
- throw away
- use
- use up
- waste
Définition of pay down
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 spend : verb give, pay out
- "We've been slow to get our pay down where we was," said Ezra.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various
- He was willing to pay down the money, and that was all that Braithwaite cared about.
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Far different must be the condition of things in "Pay Down."
- Extract from : « Ten Years Among the Mail Bags » by James Holbrook
- It is only a home for those who can pay down for their accommodation.
- Extract from : « The Log of a Sea-Waif » by Frank T. Bullen
- Pay down a hundred thousand francs, and you will have peace.
- Extract from : « Scenes from a Courtesan's Life » by Honore de Balzac
- I find it is often inconvenient for people to pay down any considerable sum.
- Extract from : « The Triumphs of Eugne Valmont » by Robert Barr
- And the end of the suit was, that Wolf had to pay down all the money.
- Extract from : « The story of Burnt Njal » by Anonymous
- Many of you have talked about the need to pay down our national debt.
- Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
- That he should pay down 15,000 talents; and to Eumenes of Pergamus four hundred.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Ancient History » by A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
- And if so, with what feelings must Mr. Aubrey see his noble and generous friend called upon to pay down nearly 11,000 for him?
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) » by Samuel Warren
Antonyms for pay down
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