spring (for)

verb

Definition of spring (for)next
as in to pay
to give what is owed for offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spring (for)
  1. pay
  2. pay off
  3. meet
Verb
  • The developers agreed to pay him another $50,000 later, the indictment said.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The company has settled a legal proceeding related to a lease agreement, agreeing to pay $100,000 in rent and $13,953 in nonrefundable rent deposit.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of pay
Verb
  • Switching parties for Neil might not pay off, as Hamilton County has grown increasingly Democratic.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Things Amazon Has Gotten Right Infrastructure investments are paying off Amazon has spent years doing a lot of heavy lifting: building out both cloud and e-commerce infrastructure.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of pay off
Verb
  • The number is increasing and the resources are insufficient to meet the demand.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Just up the road, where open land meets the neighborhood’s northern periphery, Jason Swann was also packing up — and waiting.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of meet
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“Spring (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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