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