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PAY OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pay out mean?
• PAY OUT (verb)
The verb PAY OUT has 1 sense:
1. expend, as from a fund
Familiarity information: PAY OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expend, as from a fund
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
disburse; pay out
Hypernyms (to "pay out" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Context examples
This house also rules money that you pay out, for example, due to a court settlement, child support, or other previously made financial promises.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The sulky dogs would rather have three twists of a rack, or the thumbikins for an hour, than pay out a denier for their own feudal father and liege lord.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The point is, with taskmaster Saturn and Pluto opposed to the Sun and full moon, it will not be easy to patch together the money you’ll need to pay out, but as the year goes on, it will become increasingly easier, for your cash flow will improve.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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