Reverse Dictionary: PAY

ADJECTIVES
1892 ► DEADHEAD non-paying → Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1585 ► DEAD PAY pay continued to a soldier, etc. no longer in active service; a soldier receiving such pay → obs.
1785 ► MENSE pay, recompense, reward; thanks, grateful return; kindness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1889 ► IRISHMAN’S RISE a reduction in pay → sl.
1896 ► IRISH-PROMOTION a reduction in position or pay → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► IRISH-RISE a reduction in position or pay → sl. ​(Bk.)
1896 ► SATURDAY NIGHT weekly pay, wages, money for marketing → Eng. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1841 ► DEADHEAD one who receives goods or services without paying; a person travelling or receiving admission to games, theatres, etc. without charge → Amer. dial.
1922 ► FINAGLER one who stalls until someone else pays the check → Amer. dial.

PHRASES
1607 ► DOWN WITH THE DUST pay down the money
M19. ► IN FULL DIG earning one’s full pay → sl. 
1890 ► POST THE COAL pay down the money at once → sl. ​(Bk.)
1946 ► CHARGE IT TO THE SAND AND LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT a flip response when one is not likely to pay for something → Amer. dial.
1968 ► CHARGE IT TO THE DUST AND LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT a flip response when one is not likely to pay for something → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1175 ► ABY → ABYE to buy, to purchase, to pay for → obs.
1250 ► QUIT to pay for a thing → obs.
1486 ► IMPEND to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow → obs.
1594 ► IMPAY to pay to the full what has been expended, to reimburse, to recoup → obs.
1623 ► SATISFY to remunerate; to pay for services → obs.
1630 ► BETALL to pay → obs.
1672 ► PAY THROUGH THE NOSE to pay a high price
1678 ► PAY SAUCE to pay dearly for → obs.
1721 ► EMBURSE → IMBURSE to pay, to refund
1789 ► THRIMBLE → THRIMMEL → THRIMPLE to finger or handle anything as if reluctant to part with it; to dole or pay out money grudgingly and reluctantly → Eng. dial.
L18.. ► DOUSE to put down or pay out money → chiefly Eng. dial.
19C.. ► DAB DOWN to hand over; to pay; to shell out → colloq.
1801 ► SHELL OUT to hand over money; to contribute; to pay → colloq.
1821 ► STUMP UP to pay → sl.
1823 ► STAND SAM to pay expenses, esp. for refreshment or drink → sl.
1831 ► FORK OUT to pay out money → sl.
1831 ► FORK UP to pay out money → sl.
1841 ► SHELL OUT THE CORN to pay the money → Amer. dial.
M19 ► .YAP-POO → YAP-PU to pay up → back-slang
1851 ► SKUNK to fail to pay → US sl.
1859 ► BEAT to avoid paying a debt, bill, fare, etc. → Amer. sl.
1868 ► MONEY OUT to pay up → Amer. sl.
1882 ► CASH DOWN to pay; to hand over money → US sl.
1889 ► HORSE A BILL to try to get pay for work not yet done → US printers’ sl.
1890 ► LAMB DOWN to part with money; to pay down money, esp. recklessly → Aust.
1893 ► DUB IN to pay out money → sl.
1893 ► DUB UP to pay out money → sl.
1893 ► FLAP to pay, to fork out → sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► FLAP THE DIMMOCK to pay → sl. (Bk.)
1894 ► COUGH UP to pay out money → sl.
1896 ► JINK ONE’S TIN to pay money; to shell out → sl. (Bk.)
1898 ► BRASS UP to pay out money → sl.
L19.. ► PAN OUT to hand over money → Aust. & US sl.
20C.. ► MAKE RAT to sneak into without paying → W. Indies
20C.. ► PUT ONE’S HAND DOWN to pay, to stand one’s turn → sl.
20C.. ► RAT IN to sneak into without paying → W. Indies
20C.. ► SALVE to pay, usually a reward; also, to bribe → US sl.
1900 ► PART UP to pay money → Aust. sl.
1904 ► SAM UP to pay up → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► STUMP to pay → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► GREASE THE WHEELS to pay a little on account → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAINTAIN CAUSES to pay one’s way → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PONY UP to pay up → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► SHELL DOWN THE CORN to pay the money → Amer. dial.
1905 ► TIN UP to pay up → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► SPRING to pay out money → Aust. & US sl.
1908 ► KICK IN to pay one’s share → sl.
1912 ► DECORATE THE MAHOGANY to put money on the table; hence, to pay out money or to gamble → Amer. dial.
1914 ► FOOT THE BILL to pay a bill in full → colloq.
1914 ► GO DUTCH to pay for one’s own food, drink, etc. in a joint undertaking → sl., orig. US
1914 ► PARKER to pay, to give → UK sl.
1940 ► ALLEY UP to pay one’s share → Aust. sl.
1950 ► BUNG to bribe; to pay; to tip → criminals’ sl.
1950 ► EAGLE FLY to pay wages → African-American sl.
1950 ► POP FOR to pay for, to treat → African-American sl.
1950 ► POP TO to pay for, to treat → African-American sl.
1959 ► POP to pay for, to treat → African-American sl.
1965 ► KICK THROUGH to pay up → Amer. dial.
1970 ► BOUNCE to pay; to provide without charge → US sl.
1970 ► TAKE CARE OF to pay, to give a tip → sl.
1972 ► HIT THE KICK to pay → Aust. sl.
1990 ► BREAK OFF to pay → African-American & students’ sl.