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View synonyms for pay out

pay out

verb

  1. to distribute (money); disburse
  2. tr to release (a rope) gradually, hand over hand
  3. tr to retaliate against
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a sum of money paid out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

This leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.

How much the vouchers are worth, and how much women are expected to pay out-of-pocket, depends on what state they live in.

High-profile women like news anchor Joan Lunden and actress Linda Lavin have had to pay out sizable sums.

Many insurance contracts expressly consider civil unrest a reason not to pay out policies.

If the marriage was invalid, Grayson does not have to pay out a dime in alimony as opposed to a divorce.

It may seem a simple matter to distribute or "pay out" the cable, but in practice it is exceedingly difficult.

It would take their young lady two or three years to pay out her cash and get her equivalent.

As soon as we had fixed our stations Hall began to pay out the string, and the kite rose very swiftly.

I charge each hog $1 for bran and shorts; this is all the ready money I pay out for him.

After all, the pay out here is quite as high, in comparison with the ordinary rate of earning of a peasant, as it is in England.

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