fork over
Hand over money
Fork over means to hand over or surrender something, usually money, often with reluctance: I had to fork over fifty bucks for parking.
The phrase suggests the payment feels excessive or unwilling.
Fork out and fork up carry the same meaning.
Wages for work
- cashReady spending funds
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- shell outPay, often unwillingly
- cough upPay reluctantly
pony up · ante up · settle · reimburse · compensate · disburse · remit · spend
Voluntarily give up control
- give upStop attempting something
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cedeFormally surrender possession
- part withGive up ownership
surrender · forfeit · sacrifice · disgorge · let go of · release · renounce · give away
Obtain through coercion
- pressureForce upon contact
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- threatenPromise harm or punishment
- forceStrength or compulsion
compel · demand · strong-arm · squeeze · shakedown · muscle · arm-twisting · intimidate
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
- begrudginglyWith unwilling acceptance
foot-dragging · resistance · disinclination · misgivings · qualms · stalling · delaying · dragging feet
pay
Wages for work
cough up · pony up · ante up · settle · reimburse · compensate · disburse · remit · spend · outlay
relinquish
Voluntarily give up control
part with · surrender · forfeit · sacrifice · disgorge · let go of · release · renounce · give away
extort
Obtain through coercion
- pressureForce upon contact
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- threatenPromise harm or punishment
force · compel · demand · strong-arm · squeeze · shakedown · muscle · arm-twisting · intimidate · shake down
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
begrudgingly · foot-dragging · resistance · disinclination · misgivings · qualms · stalling · delaying · dragging feet · under protest