pay out
Meaning
- To distribute money; to disburse.
- (transitive) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
- (intransitive) To slacken by lengthening.
- To repay, take revenge.
- (Australia, informal, transitive) To make fun of or insult, often in a teasing manner.
Synonyms
pay away
dispend
take vengeance
take reprisals
veer out
pay over
recoil upon
be even with
come back upon
paying-out
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