Synonyms and antonyms of To pay, or to not pay money you owe in British Thesaurus

amortise ()

a British spelling of amortize

amortize (verb)

to pay back money that you owe by making payments at regular times

clear (verb)

to pay back all of the money that you owe to the person you borrowed it from

default (verb)

to fail to pay money that you owe

discharge (verb)

formal to pay what you owe to someone

discharge (noun)

formal the payment of money that you owe

forgive (verb)

economics if a country or bank forgives a debt, they decide that the debt does not have to be paid back

incur (verb)

to lose money, owe money, or have to pay money as a result of doing something

liquidate (verb)

to pay money that you owe

liquidation (noun)

the payment of money that is owed

liquidity (noun)

a situation in which a business has money or property that it can sell in order to pay money that it owes

make good (on) a promise/threat/debt etc ()

to do or pay what you have said you would

on account ()

if you buy something on account, you take it now and pay for it later

on account ()

if you pay an amount of money on account, you pay part of what you owe now and you pay the rest later

overpay (verb)

to pay more money than you owe

pay (verb)

to give a company, institution etc money that you owe them

pay back ()

to give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them

pay off ()

to give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something

pay up ()

to pay money that you owe, especially when you are unwilling to pay

redeem (verb)

to give all the money that you have borrowed to the person who you borrowed it from

repay (verb)

to give someone money that you have borrowed from them

repayment (noun)

the process of paying someone money that you have borrowed from them

repayment (noun)

an amount of money that you pay to the person, bank etc that you have borrowed it from

reschedule (verb)

business to arrange to pay back money that you owe at a date that is later than originally agreed

service (verb)

business to pay interest on money that you have borrowed from someone

settle (verb)

to pay all the money that you owe to a particular person or company

settle up ()

to pay all of an amount of money that you owe to a particular person or company

spread (verb)

to divide an amount of money that you owe into parts and pay it in several instalments instead of all at one time

square up ()

if two people square up, one pays what they owe so that both people are equal

work off ()

to pay someone what you owe them by doing a job for them instead of giving them money