Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations

807. Payment.

   NOUN:PAYMENT, defrayment; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement.
  ACKNOWLEDGMENT, release; receipt, – in full, – in full of all demands; voucher.
  REPAYMENT, reimbursement, retribution; pay (reward) [See Reward]; money paid (expenditure) [See Expenditure].
  READY MONEY (cash) [See Money]; stake, remittance, installment or instalment.
  PAYER, liquidator [See Treasurer].
   VERB:PAY, defray, make payment; pay -down, – on the nail [slang], – ready money, – at sight, – in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind.
  pay one’s -way, – shot, – footing; pay -the piper, – sauce for all [both colloq.], – costs; come down with the needful [slang]; shell -, fork- out [both slang]; come down with, – the dust [both slang]; tickle -, grease- the palm [both colloq.]; expend [See Expenditure]; put down, lay down.
  DISCHARGE, settle, quit [archaic], acquit oneself of; foot the bill [colloq., U. S.]; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle -, balance -, square- accounts with; quit scores [archaic]; wipe -, clear- off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy -, pay in full- all demands; clear, liquidate; pay -up, – old debts.
  REPAY, refund, reimburse, retribute [obs.]; make compensation [See Compensation]; disgorge, make repayment.
   ADJECTIVE:PAYING &c. paid &c. v.; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight, all clear, clear of encumbrance, clear of debt, above water; unowed, never indebted; solvent [See Money].
   ADVERB:to the tune of [colloq.]; on the nail [slang], money down, cash down, cash on delivery, C.O.D.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. You’ll pay me altogether? Will I live?—II Henry IV
2. Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.—I Henry VI
3. He … prays your speedy payment.—Timon of Athens