transitive. To apply, employ; to pay away, lay out, expend. Obsolete.

transitive. To take on (a duty or charge, esp. a financial one); to be responsible for; formerly also with †out. Also: to assume, be given, or…

transitive. To give money or goods in discharge of (a debt, tax, wage, ransom, etc.).

To satisfy, pay in full, make good (a claim).

To meet a financial claim or obligation. Also in figurative contexts. transitive. To provide money to meet (a claim), discharge (a debt), pay (a…

transitive. To repay in full. Cf. content, v. 5.

transitive. figurative. To bear (a burden or charge, esp. a cost).

transitive. To settle or balance (an account, reckoning, etc.); to settle (a debt); to square. Also (and in later use chiefly) figurative, esp. with…

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. Originally colloquial. To pay or settle (a bill, esp. one which is large or unreasonable, or which has been run up by another party).