if you pay out a rope, you gradually let it become straight and long so that it is no longer wound in a series of circles
to provide money from an amount invested over a period of time
to spend or pay money, especially a lot of money
It’ll be a few years before our investments start paying out.
Last week, they bid up the hush money we pay out to that bent inspector, an "he closed us down in two places.
The rope continued to pay out, then jerked up and down again.
We’ve paid out thousands of pounds in health insurance over the years.
You pay out a very great deal of money and wait a very long time.
`One thousand pounds is a lot of money to pay out for a burglary.
pays out
paying out
paid out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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