to show water: (apparently) to offer an inducement. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > lay down money (4) to show water1632 to show water: (apparently) to offer an inducement. Obsolete. to post the cole1781 Money. to post the cole: to pay down the money. to come down with the money (dust, needful, etc.)1836 intransitive. colloquial. To provide or hand over money; to ‘fork up’. More fully to come down with the money (dust, needful,etc.). Now somewhat rare. to lay (or put) it on the line1929 to lay (or put) it on the line: (a) to hand over money; (b) to state (something) clearly, plainly, or categorically; (c) (with direct object) to… |
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