To distribute money; to disburse.
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(nautical, transitive) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
Last weekend, Robin accidentally tried to interview someone after having one too many wines and of course, we paid her out for it.
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(of a rope, intransitive) To slacken by lengthening.
My wife and the other boys pay me out because the bike would just sit in the shed, but that’s where I spend most of my time.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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