fork out
verb
1 fork out
To surrender someone or something to another.
synonyms: deliver, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in.
Roget 784:
deliver,
hand,
pass,
put into the hands of;
hand over,
make over,
deliver over,
pass over,
turn over;
assign dower.
present,
give away,
dispense,
dispose of;
give out,
deal out,
dole out,
mete out,
fork out,
squeeze out.
pay
etc.
807;
render,
impart,
communicate.
concede,
cede,
yield,
part with,
shed,
cast;
spend
etc.
809.
give,
bestow,
confer,
grant,
accord,
award,
assign.
intrust,
consign,
vest in.
make a present;
allow,
contribute,
subscribe,
furnish its quota.
invest,
endow,
settle upon;
bequeath,
leave,
devise.
furnish,
supply,
help;
administer to;
afford,
spare;
accommodate with,
indulge with,
favor with;
shower down upon;
lavish,
pour on,
thrust upon.
tip,
bribe;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
offer
etc.
763;
sacrifice,
immolate.
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Roget 807:
pay,
defray,
make payment;
paydown,
pay on the nail,
pay ready money,
pay at sight,
pay in advance;
cash,
honor a bill,
acknowledge;
redeem;
pay in kind.
pay one's way,
pay one's shot,
pay one's footing;
pay the piper,
pay sauce for all,
pay costs;
do the needful;
shell out,
fork out;
cough up [Coll.],
fork over;
come down with,
come down with the dust;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
expend
etc.
809;
put down,
lay down.
discharge,
settle,
quit,
acquit oneself of;
foot the bill;
account with,
reckon with,
settle with,
be even with,
be quits with;
strike a balance;
settle accounts with,
balance accounts with,
square accounts with;
quit scores;
wipe off old scores,
clear off old scores;
satisfy;
pay in full;
satisfy all demands,
pay in full of all demands;
clear,
liquidate;
pay up,
pay old debts.
disgorge,
make repayment;
repay,
refund,
reimburse,
retribute†;
make compensation
etc.
30.
pay by credit card,
put it on the plastic.
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Roget 809:
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
etc.
(reward)
973;
pay one's way
etc.
(pay)
807;
subscribe
etc.
(give)
784;
subsidize.
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Dutch: omspitten, overgeven, spitten
Moby thesaurus: accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bestow, bestow on, budget, communicate, confer, cost, cost out, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, expend, extend, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out, go through, grant, hand out, heap, help to, impart, incur costs, invest, issue, lavish, lay out, let have, mete, mete out, offer, open the purse, outlay, pay, pay out, pour, present, proffer, put out, rain, render, run through, schedule, serve, shell out, shower, sink money in, slip, snow, spend, splurge, squander, tender, throw money around, vouchsafe, yield ... show more.
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