paid out

Released the funds

Paid out describes money that has been disbursed or released: The insurance company paid out three million in claims last year.

A rope or cable that's paid out has been let out or released gradually, especially on a ship: He paid out the anchor line until it went slack.

The past tense of pay out.

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bonus · golden parachute · remittance · hush money · blood money · ceded · interest · severance · gratuity · salary · payout · settlement · principal · installment · stipend · arrears · debt servicing · line of credit

Opposites
financial disbursement

paid outcollected

Calm and self-possessed

received · took in · taken in · retained · deposited

rope/line handling

paid outreeled in

Retrieved by winding line

pulled in · coiled · took in · taken in · gathered

Family

paid, out, paying, payers, payees, payment, payments, repays, repaid

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G