| 词组 | pay out |
| 释义 | pay out 1. pay out sth • pay sth out to pay money to someone because they are owed it, or have earned it, or won it: ▪ $6 million of prize money is paid out every week. ▪ I'm still waiting for the insurance company to pay out. payout n C a sum of money paid to someone because they are owed it, or have earned it, or won it: ▪ A $50,000 payout on the insurance policy was to be shared by CenTrust and PaulCo. 2. pay out • pay out sth to spend a lot of money on something, especially when you do not want to: ▪ I'm sick of paying out all this money on rent. ▪ Why pay out $300 for a dress, when you're never going to wear it again? ■ SIMILAR TO: spend, ↑fork out informal, ↑shell out informal 3. pay out sth • pay sth out formal to slowly unwind a piece of rope: ▪ Lance paid out the line, and we secured the boat to the dock. |
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