payout
an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.
money paid, expended, or disbursed, as a dividend or winning: He went to the betting window to collect his payout.
Origin of payout
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How to use payout in a sentence
This leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.
How much the vouchers are worth, and how much women are expected to pay out-of-pocket, depends on what state they live in.
Free Market Failure: Raising a Kid Is a Rigged Game in the USA | Monica Potts | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHigh-profile women like news anchor Joan Lunden and actress Linda Lavin have had to pay out sizable sums.
Many insurance contracts expressly consider civil unrest a reason not to pay out policies.
Ferguson's Other Race Problem: Riots Damaged Asian-Owned Stores | Tim Mak | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the marriage was invalid, Grayson does not have to pay out a dime in alimony as opposed to a divorce.
It may seem a simple matter to distribute or "pay out" the cable, but in practice it is exceedingly difficult.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousIt would take their young lady two or three years to pay out her cash and get her equivalent.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesAs soon as we had fixed our stations Hall began to pay out the string, and the kite rose very swiftly.
The Moon Metal | Garrett P. ServissI charge each hog $1 for bran and shorts; this is all the ready money I pay out for him.
The Fat of the Land | John Williams StreeterAfter all, the pay out here is quite as high, in comparison with the ordinary rate of earning of a peasant, as it is in England.
The Tiger of Mysore | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for pay out
to distribute (money); disburse
(tr) to release (a rope) gradually, hand over hand
(tr) to retaliate against
a sum of money paid out
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Other Idioms and Phrases with payout
Distribute money, disburse, as in He paid out the full amount. [Mid-1800s]
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