Wiktionary
vb. 1 To distribute money; to disburse 2 (context nautical English) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out. 3 To repay, take revenge
WordNet
v. pay out [syn: disburse]
Usage examples of "pay out".
My editor would pay out some serious money for an exclusive about your living arrangements.
Not that Im against that but we know the old General is poor, and cant afford to pay out fifty pounds.
All day long, when they were not on duty, and most of the night also, they gambled and drank, staking tens of pesos on a single throw, which the loser must pay out of his share of the countless treasures of the Aztecs.
Sensing that Makri is on the point of lecturing me about drinking my money away, I explain to her about the hefty bribe I had to pay out down at the docks.
I'll score it against ye, and sometime I'll have my pay out o' yer old black hide,—.
If I had no reason to stop them, he said, his company was going to pay out $150,000 to Jack Dawson.