absent-minded |
tending to not pay attention to a task or event because one is thinking about other things. |
admission |
the price a person must pay to enter. [1/3 definitions] |
afford |
to have enough money to buy; be able to pay for. [1/3 definitions] |
alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
assassinate |
to murder for pay or for political reasons. |
attend |
to pay attention. [1/4 definitions] |
bail1 |
to pay for the release of (often followed by "out"). [1/3 definitions] |
bankrupt |
not able to pay money owed and free by law from having to pay. [1/2 definitions] |
bankruptcy |
the legal inability to pay debts. [1/2 definitions] |
bet |
to agree to pay if one's guess about some future event is wrong. [1/4 definitions] |
board |
meals served daily, usually for pay. [2/8 definitions] |
bonus |
a payment added to a person's regular pay as a reward for hard work. |
bum |
(informal) to ask for and get, with no plan to pay back or return. [1/3 definitions] |
cab1 |
a car that carries people who need a ride and pay a fare for this; taxicab. [1/3 definitions] |
charge |
to put off payment for until a later date; pay for with a credit card. [1/12 definitions] |
check |
a written order to a bank to pay money from an account. [1/11 definitions] |
compensate |
to pay or repay. [1/2 definitions] |
credit |
the right to buy things at the present time and not pay until later. Having credit often depends on one's reputation for paying one's debt. [1/7 definitions] |
credit card |
a card from a bank or store that lets a person buy things and pay for them later. |
debt |
a condition of owing more than one can pay back. [1/2 definitions] |
discount |
to pay little or no attention to. [1/3 definitions] |