pay out
Verb

pay out

  1. To distribute money; to disburse
  2. (nautical) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
  3. To repay, take revenge
    • 1981, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins, revised edition, chapter 7,
      The pigeon, very offended, flew back to the Bird Woman and, to pay out Mary Poppins, stuck the rose in the ribbon of the Bird Woman's hat.
Translations
  • Russian: выпла́чивать



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