pay (for)

verb

Definition of pay (for)next
as in to spring (for)

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  1. pony up
  2. finance
  3. expend
Verb
  • Tariffs are fees that are slapped on imports, but foreign nations do not pay; rather U.S. importers, like car manufacturers, equipment makers, and construction firms, have to pony up.
    Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • With travel and lodging costs, artists often pony up as much as $3,000 for a two-day window to show their works and make enough money to last until the next market.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of pony up
Verb
  • Richemont will also make available a six-year revolving credit facility of 100 million euros to finance YNAP’s general corporate needs, including working capital.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The statewide motor vehicle surtax of 0.03% has been collected since 2003, and applies to all retail sales, leases and transfers of motor vehicles and is used to finance transportation improvements.
    Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of finance
Verb
  • One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Trump expended little political capital to try and push Gaetz across the finish line, and the former congressman withdrew from consideration roughly a week after he was first announced.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of expend
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