'To pay out' definitions:
Definition of 'To pay out'
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- Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid (p[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]
- 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. [1913 Webster]
- May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- [She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. [1913 Webster]
- For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." --Matt. xviii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. --Matt. xviii. 26. [1913 Webster]
- If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. [1913 Webster]
- This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. [1913 Webster]
- Not paying me a welcome. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. (c) to bribe.
- To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior.
- To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under Cable.
- To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To pay out'
- PAYE,
- Pay,
- Paying,
- To pay for,
- To pay off,
- To pay on,
- pay for,
- pay off,
- pay out,
- pay up,
- Full pay,
- Half pay,
- Pay Cerps,
- Pay day,
- Pay dirt,
- Pay office,
- Pay rock,
- Pay roll,
- Pay streak,
- Pitch and pay,
- Store pay,
- To pay out the cable,
- To pay round,
- To pay the piper,
- Yielding and paying,
- base pay,
- combat pay,
- hell to pay,
- merit pay,
- pay as you earn,
- pay attention,
- pay back,
- pay cash,
- pay claim,
- pay cut,
- pay envelope,
- pay heed,
- pay no attention to,
- pay packet,
- pay rate,
- pay reparations,
- paying attention,
- paying back,
- paying guest,
- rate of pay,
- sick pay,
- strike pay,
- Dead-pay,
- To pay one in his own coin,
- To pay one's court,
- To pay one's duty,
- To pay one's footing,
- To pay scot and lot,
- To pay the debt of nature,
- half-pay,
- non-paying,
- pay-phone,
- pay-station,
- take home pay,
- pays de la loire,
- take-home pay