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

disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute † ; make compensation
&c 30.
pay by credit card, put it on the plastic.
Adj. paying &c; paid &c v.; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight; unowed † , never
indebted.
Adv. to the tune of; on the nail, money down.
808. Nonpayment -- N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation;
application of the sponge † ; whitewashing.
insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency &c 640; run upon a bank; overdrawn
account.
waste paper bonds; dishonored bills, protested bills; bogus check, bogus cheque,
rubber check.
bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter,
levanter † .
V. not pay &c 807; fail, break, stop payment; become insolvent, become bankrupt; be
gazetted.
protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment.
pay under protest; button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings; apply the sponge;
pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed; swindle &c 791; run up bills, fly kites.
Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing; in debt &c 806; behindhand, in arrear † ,
behind in payments, in arrears; beggared &c (poor) 804; unable to make both ends meet,
minus; worse than nothing; worthless.
insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted.
unpaid &c (outstanding) 806; gratis &c 815; unremunerated.
809. Expenditure -- N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out lay; expenses,
disbursement; prime cost &c (price) 812; circulation; run upon a bank.
payment &c 807 [Money paid]; pay &c (remuneration) 973; bribe &c 973; fee,
footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation &c 784.
pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment.
investment; purchase &c 795.
V. expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up [U.S.];
open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out
[Slang], fork out [Slang], fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.
run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806.
fee &c (reward) 973; pay one's way &c (pay) 807; subscribe &c (give) 784; subsidize.
Adj. expending, expended &c v.; sumptuary.
Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat.] [Cicero].
810. Receipt -- N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income, incomings, innings,
revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings &c (gain) 775; accepta † ,
avails.
rent, rent roll; rental, rentage † ; rack-rent.
premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine.