transitive. To pay (a debt, penalty, due, etc.). Now archaic and rare.

transitive. To pay off (a claim, debt, or liability); to redeem (a pledge); to make good (an obligation). Also in extended use: to compensate for.

transitive. To settle in full (a debt, an account, etc.); to make up (arrears of payment); to come up with (money) in payment. Also figurative.

transitive. To pay off or discharge fully; to settle in full (a debt); to fulfil completely (an obligation).

transitive. To clear or remove (an obligation, requirement, or responsibility) by fulfilling it; to pay (a debt), perform (a duty), carry out (a…

Scottish. transitive. To discharge (a debt, or part of a debt); to deduct (a sum or amount) from money owed or due; to allow (an amount) as a…

transitive. To pay in full; to fulfil or discharge completely.

To clear off; to pay or discharge.

To discharge (the expense or cost of anything) by payment; to pay, meet, settle.

transitive. = defray, v.1 2a. Obsolete.

To settle or discharge a debt, bill, etc.

transitive. To settle in full (an account, etc.); to clear (a debt or claim) by making a payment or payments. Also figurative.

To discharge, obtain total acquittance of, ‘wipe out’ by full payment or composition.

transitive. To put down (money) as a wager or a payment; †to pay (a debt).

(from 2.) To clear away, remove: most commonly with adverb (away, off, out). (with off, rarely †out) To cancel (an account or score); to discharge…

transitive. To close (an account) by a money payment; to pay (an account, bill, score); also dialect to write ‘settled’ to a bill, to receipt (it).

transitive. To pay off or discharge (a debt, etc.).

transitive. To discharge or pay (a debt). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To settle or adjust (debts, accounts).

Hence: To settle (an account) by paying an amount due, to clear off a liability.

To clear off, pay (a debt). Also absol. in U.S. slang.

transitive. To remove (an encumbrance) so as to leave a thing clear; to get rid of (a debt or claim) by settling it.

To bring to an equality on both sides; to make even so as to leave no difference; to balance. With up: To settle (a debt, etc.) by means of payment.

transitive. To pay off (a debt) gradually by making regular repayments over a period of time. Also occasionally intransitive: to be paid off in…