"pay out" meaning in English

See pay out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pays out [present, singular, third-person], paying out [participle, present], paid out [participle, past], paid out [past], payed out [participle, past, rare], payed out [past, rare]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid:􂀿nautical sense, rare􂁀> out}} pay out (third-person singular simple present pays out, present participle paying out, simple past and past participle paid out or (nautical sense, rare) payed out)
  1. To distribute money; to disburse. Translations (to distribute money; to disburse): maksaa (Finnish), выпла́чивать (vypláčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́платить (výplatitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pay_out-en-verb-OFiR17h5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 19 5 4 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 40 17 10 8 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 10 7 7 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 14 7 6 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 8 5 5 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 44 14 10 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 12 8 10 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 41 13 8 10 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 12 7 7 29 Disambiguation of 'to distribute money; to disburse': 94 2 1 1 3
  2. (nautical, transitive) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical Derived forms: payout
    Sense id: en-pay_out-en-verb-dFQkT0Gw Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (of a rope, intransitive) To slacken by lengthening. Tags: intransitive Translations (nautical: to slacken by lengthening): antaa löysää (Finnish), kautuku (english: refers to a rope) (Maori), whakahoro (Maori), whakahorohoro (Maori), hoka (Maori)
    Sense id: en-pay_out-en-verb-XCdIUVHk Disambiguation of 'nautical: to slacken by lengthening': 2 27 66 3 2
  4. To repay, take revenge. Translations (to repay, take revenge): betaald zetten (Dutch), wraak nemen (Dutch), maksaa potut pottuina (Finnish), kostaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pay_out-en-verb-mhWEWBtW Disambiguation of 'to repay, take revenge': 1 2 1 96 1
  5. (Australia, informal, transitive) To make fun of or insult, often in a teasing manner. Tags: Australia, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-pay_out-en-verb-sKYIzwLp Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for pay out meaning in English (6.0kB)

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