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pay (for)

verb

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

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  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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  • The federal government is issuing debt to finance a large deficit, while companies are borrowing heavily to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The government argues that her apparent ability to finance private security, a residence and extensive monitoring suggests access to significant resources that could also facilitate flight.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 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 29 Sep. 2026.

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