pay out a rope
1pay out — phrasal verb Word forms pay out : present tense I/you/we/they pay out he/she/it pays out present participle paying out past tense paid out past participle paid out 1) a) [transitive] to spend or pay money, especially a lot of money We ve paid out …
2pay out — ► pay out let out (a rope) by slackening it. Main Entry: ↑pay …
3pay out — verb expend, as from a fund (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑disburse • Derivationally related forms: ↑disbursement (for: ↑disburse), ↑disburser (for: ↑ …
4pay out — verb a) To distribute money; to disburse The pigeon, very offended, flew back to the Bird Woman and, to pay out Mary Poppins, stuck the rose in the ribbon of the Bird Womans hat. b) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; …
5pay out — distribute money, pay, give money; loosen a rope; take revenge, avenge …
6To pay out the cable — Cable Ca ble (k[=a] b l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor …
7pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …
8pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… …
9pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ …
10pay — 1 /peI/ verb past tense and past participle paid /peId/ 1 GIVE MONEY (I, T) to give someone money for something you have bought, or for something they have done for you: They ran off without paying. | Didn t pay em a penny, just asked em to do it …