Thesaurus:pay

THESAURUS

pay

English

Synonyms

cough up (idiomatic)

defray (obsolete)

do the needful (idiomatic)

expend (rare)

foot the bill

fork out (idiomatic)

fork over (idiomatic)

lay out

pay

pay the freight (idiomatic)

pay up

pony up (idiomatic)

quit [WS] (archaic)

shell out (idiomatic)

spend

stump up (idiomatic)

Antonyms

buy [WS]

earn

—

default

levant

repudiate [WS]

steal [WS]

welsh (offensive)

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discharge

waive

Hypernyms

compensate [WS]

give [WS]

Hyponyms

ante

ante up

bribe [WS]

disburse

fund

invest

pay off

pay out

pay the freight

reimburse [WS]

repay

settle

splurge

squander

Further reading

“807. payment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“pay” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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