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pay (sth) out phrasal verb

phrasal verb [M]

Definition

to spend a lot of money on something, or to pay a lot of money to someone
I've just paid out £500 on getting the car fixed.

(Definition of pay (sth) out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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