Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Payment

Nouns
  • payment, defrayment
  • discharge
  • acquittance, quittance
  • settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. acknowledgment, release
  • receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands
  • voucher. salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) Reward. repayment, reimbursement, retribution
  • pay etc. (reward) Reward
  • money paid etc. (expenditure) Expenditure. ready money etc. (cash) Money
  • stake, remittance, installment. payer, liquidator etc. Treasurer. pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead.
Verbs
  • pay, defray, make payment
  • paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance
  • cash, honor a bill, acknowledge
  • redeem
  • pay in kind. pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing
  • pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs
  • do the needful
  • shell out, fork out
  • cough up [Coll.], fork over
  • come down with, come down with the dust
  • tickle the palm, grease the palm
  • expend etc. Expenditure
  • put down, lay down. discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of
  • foot the bill
  • account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with
  • strike a balance
  • settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with
  • quit scores
  • wipe off old scores, clear off old scores
  • satisfy
  • pay in full
  • satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands
  • clear, liquidate
  • pay up, pay old debts. disgorge, make repayment
  • repay, refund, reimburse, retribute
  • make compensation etc. Compensation. pay by credit card, put it on the plastic.
Adjectives
  • paying etc.
  • paid etc. v.
  • owing nothing, out of debt, all straight
  • unowed, never indebted.
Adverbs
  • to the tune of
  • on the nail, money down.