ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

credit card.
V. keep an account with, run up an account with; intrust, credit, accredit.
place to one's credit, credit to one's account, place to one's account † ; give credit, take
credit; fly a kite † .
Adj. crediting, credited; accredited.
Adv. on credit &c n.; on account; to the account of, to the credit of; a compte [Fr.].
806. Debt -- N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment † , debit, score.
bill; check; account (credit) 805.
arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency &c (nonpayment) 808; bad debt.
interest; premium; usance † , usury; floating debt, floating capital.
debtor, debitor † ; mortgagor; defaulter &c 808; borrower.
V. be in debt &c adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c n.; run up a bill, run up a
score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun
the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809.
answer for, go bail for.
[notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge.
Adj. indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for.
in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved
in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt;
deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent &c (not paying) 808; minus, out of pocket.
unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear † , outstanding; past due.
Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Lat.]; neither a borrower nor a
lender be [Hamlet].
807. Payment -- N. payment, defrayment † ; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement,
clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement.
acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands;
voucher.
salary, compensation, remuneration (reward) 973.
repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay &c (reward) 973; money paid &c
(expenditure) 809.
ready money &c (cash) 800; stake, remittance, installment.
payer, liquidator &c 801.
pay cash, pay cash on the barrelhead.
V. pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight,
pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind.
pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay
costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up [Coll.], fork over; come down with,
come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend &c 809; put down, lay
down.
discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle
with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts
with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy;
pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay
old debts.