pay out (English, verb)
expansion: pay out (third-person singular simple present pays out, present participle paying out, simple past and past participle paid out or (nautical sense, rare) payed out)
Senses:
glosses: To distribute money; to disburse.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.
tags: transitive
glosses: To slacken by lengthening.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a rope
glosses: To repay, take revenge.
glosses: To make fun of or insult, often in a teasing manner.
tags: Australia
informal
transitive
Forms:
form: pays out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paying out
tags: participle
present
form: paid out
tags: participle
past
form: paid out
tags: past
form: payed out
topics: nautical
tags: participle
past
rare
form: payed out
topics: nautical
tags: past
rare