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
  • Now, school board members have placed two advisory questions on the November ballot aimed at putting pressure on city and state officials to pony up.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Under that plan, all of the 13 campuses in the system would freeze tuition for two years, provided the state ponies up $190 million in new support.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pony up
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  • Movies developed and financed outside of the major studios and streamers have a massive hill to climb.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Paramount is distributing the film, which was made and financed by Hammerstone.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of finance
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  • Before the Iran war, defense contractors were producing only about 620 Patriots and 96 THAAD each year — fewer than half the number expended during a few weeks this spring.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The result is a collection of novels that, while intermittently electrifying, expend an incredible quantity of words on the semiotics of TV marketing and the ethics of selling out.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of expend
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“Pay (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20%28for%29. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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