pay (for)

verb

Definition of pay (for)next
as in to spring (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay (for)
  1. pony up
  2. finance
  3. expend
Verb
  • Free agent Alex Bregman is the obvious answer if the Yankees are willing to pony up close to $200 million to acquire him.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The stock was still trading on the tech-heavy exchange, but the company was given a 60-day notice to either pony up a 10-K or submit a plan to regain compliance.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of pony up
Verb
  • Walter Reuther helped finance the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, formed after the Montgomery bus boycott that followed the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Tension may also be felt around financing a project — or perhaps other difficulties around large money matters, like an inheritance or assets and investments.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of finance
Verb
  • One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
  • At around a quarter of a million dollars apiece, the boats cost less than an anti-ship missile and can be expended in kamikaze attacks.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of expend
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