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
  • With travel and lodging costs, artists often pony up as much as $3,000 for a two-day window to show their works and make enough money to last until the next market.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Get ready to pony up in monthlies, though — the maintenance is $3,114.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of pony up
Verb
  • In 1792, the state of Pennsylvania constructed America’s first toll road using a P3 model when the Commonwealth couldn’t finance its construction.
    Taryn Palumbo, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Both the County Commission and the St. Petersburg City Council voted last month to delay votes on bonds to finance their part of the stadium, which is to be the anchor of a $6.5 billion development.
    Steve Wilson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 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, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Trump expended little political capital to try and push Gaetz across the finish line, and the former congressman withdrew from consideration roughly a week after he was first announced.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
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 18 Dec. 2024.

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