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Verbs Related to Purchase

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to pay
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to repay
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to fork out
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to spend
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to expend
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to outlay
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to splurge
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to pay up
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to ante up
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to disburse
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to pay back
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to remunerate
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to afford
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to cost
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to buy
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to buy up
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to purchase
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to acquire
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to shop
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to subscribe
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to rent
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to lease
to pay
To pay
[ Verb ]
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a
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to give someone money in exchange for goods or services

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She paid the repairman to fix her broken dishwasher.
Can you pay the babysitter when we get home?
to repay
To repay
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/ɹiˈpeɪ/

to give back the money that was borrowed or owed

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transitive
to fork out
To fork out
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/fˈɔːɹk ˈaʊt/

to reluctantly pay a significant amount of money

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
fork
phrase's particle
out
to spend
To spend
[ Verb ]
s
s
p
p
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to use money as a payment for services, goods, etc.

to expend
To expend
[ Verb ]
e
ɪ
x
ks
p
p
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to spend money for various purposes, such as acquiring goods, services, or assets

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transitive
To outlay
[ Verb ]
o
a
u
ʊ
t
t
l
l
a
e
y
ɪ

to spend or invest money or resources for a particular purpose

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transitive
to splurge
To splurge
[ Verb ]
s
s
p
p
l
l
u
ɜ
r
r
g
ʤ
e

to spend a lot of money on something trivial that one does not really need

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intransitive
to pay up
To pay up
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/pˈeɪ ˈʌp/

to give someone the money one owes

default

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
pay
phrase's particle
up
to ante up
To ante up
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/ˈæntiː ˈʌp/

to contribute or pay the required amount in order to settle and clear a debt

default

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intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
ante
phrase's particle
up
to disburse
To disburse
[ Verb ]
d
d
i
ɪ
s
s
b
b
u
ɜ
r
r
s
s
e

to distribute money, funds, or resources, typically for various purposes or obligations

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transitive
to pay back
To pay back
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/pˈeɪ bˈæk/

to return an amount of money that was borrowed

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
pay
phrase's particle
back
to remunerate
To remunerate
[ Verb ]
r
r
e
ɪ
m
m
u
ju
n
n
e
ɜ
r
r
a
t
t
e

to make payment to someone for the service they have provided

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transitive
to afford
To afford
[ Verb ]
a
ə
ff
f
o
ɔ
r
r
d
d

to be able to pay the cost of something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to cost
To cost
[ Verb ]
c
k
o
ɑ
s
s
t
t

to require a particular amount of money

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ditransitive
to buy
To buy
[ Verb ]
b
b
u
y

to get something in exchange for paying money

sell

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transitive
to buy up
To buy up
[ Verb ]
uk flag
/bˈaɪ ˈʌp/

to buy the whole supply of something such as tickets, stocks, goods, etc.

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transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
buy
phrase's particle
up
to purchase
To purchase
[ Verb ]
p
p
u
ɜ
r
r
ch
ʧ
a
ə
s
s
e

to get goods or services in exchange for money or other forms of payment

sell

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transitive
to acquire
To acquire
[ Verb ]
a
ə
c
k
q
u
w
i
aɪɜ
r
r
e

to buy or begin to have something

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transitive
to shop
To shop
[ Verb ]
sh
ʃ
o
ɑ
p
p

to look for and buy different things from stores or websites

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intransitive
to subscribe
To subscribe
[ Verb ]
s
s
u
ə
b
b
s
s
c
k
r
r
i
b
b
e

to pay some money in advance to use or receive something regularly

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intransitive
to rent
To rent
[ Verb ]
r
r
e
ɛ
n
n
t
t

to pay someone to use something such as a car, house, etc. for a period of time

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to lease
To lease
[ Verb ]
l
l
ea
i
s
s
e

to use a property, asset, or item in exchange for regular payments of money

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transitive

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