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• pay off or settle a score — idi pay off or settle a score, to avenge a wrong; retaliate …   From formal English to slang

• pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the …   English dictionary for students

• pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… …   New thesaurus

• score — I n. tally (usu. sports) 1) to keep score 2) a close; even; lopsided score 3) (AE) (usu. baseball) a box score 4) a score stands (the score stood five to three = the score stood five three = the score stood at five to three; how does the score… …   Combinatory dictionary

• score — /skɔ / (say skaw) noun 1. the record of points made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the aggregate of points made by a side or individual. 3. the scoring of a point or points. 4. Education the performance of an individual, or sometimes… …  

• score — noun 1》 the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by an individual.     ↘a mark or grade. 2》 (the score) informal the state of affairs; the real facts. 3》 (plural same) a group or set of twenty.     ↘a large amount or number:… …   English new terms dictionary

• score — scoreless, adj. scorer, n. /skawr, skohr/, n., pl. scores, score for 11, v., scored, scoring. n. 1. the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play,… …   Universalium

• pay — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, advantage, afford, angel, answer, attend to, avail, back, bankroll, base pay, be exposed to, be gainful, be had, be handy, be of use, be profitable, be subjected to, be worthwhile, benefit, bestead …   Moby Thesaurus

• score — [[t]skɔr, skoʊr[/t]] n. pl. scores; score for11; 1) gam the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or contest 2) the total points or strokes made by one side or competitor 3) psl edu psy edu the performance of an individual …   From formal English to slang

• pay — v 1. compensate, remunerate, reward, recompense; reimburse, indemnify, refund; (usu. of debts, etc.) settle, satisfy, liquidate, discharge, clear off, square, honor, meet. 2. spend, expend, disburse, pay out; give, render, hand over, Sl. shell… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• pay back — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge a responsibility, even up, compound for; see return 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay off, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even …   English dictionary for students