latzen
Meaning
to pay an annoying amount of money, to fork over
Synonyms
springen lassen
berappen
löhnen
locker machen
hinblättern
rauspfeifen
ablatzen
in die Tasche greifen
Geld in die Hand nehmen
Zeche zahlen
Lehrgeld bezahlen müssen
geben für
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlatsən/
Etymology
From dialects, including Central Franconian latze (“to pay”). Most dialect dictionaries besides the Rheinisches Wörterbuch attest only the senses “to feast, batten” and “to be idle, linger”. Plausibly derived from Latz (“bib, flap”), thus originally “to open one’s bib”. This might also explain the aforementioned two senses, but the relation is uncertain.
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