quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning,
arrangement.
acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full
of all demands; voucher.
salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) 973.
repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay &c (reward) 973; money
paid &c (expenditure) 809.
ready money &c (cash) 800; stake, remittance, installment.
payer, liquidator &c 801.
pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead.
V. pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready
money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge;
redeem; pay in kind.
pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper,
pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out;
cough up [Coll.], fork over; come down with, come down with the dust;
tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend &c 809; put down, lay down.
discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account
with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a
balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts
with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy;
pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear,
liquidate; pay up, pay old debts.
disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute†;
make compensation &c 30.
pay by credit card, put it on the plastic.
Adj. paying &c; paid &c v.; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight;
unowed†, never indebted.
Adv. to the tune of; on the nail, money down.