WORD OF THE DAY -PAY -

Thesaurus-Synonyms     PAY

'pay' verb to provide the money needed to buy something, or to give money to someone for something: You pay for the food, and I’ll pay for the drinks. * καταβάλλω χρήματα, πληρώνω: ξεπληρώνω, εξοφλώ

[cough up] (informal) to pay, or to pay a certain amount of money, often unwillingly: You lost the bet, so you’d better cough up. * «τα σκάω», πληρώνω απρόθυμα

[foot the bill] to pay for something: It’s not fair if you damage my car and then expect me to foot the bill for the repairs.
* αναλαμβάνω την οικονομική επιβάρυνση, πληρώνω ή χρεώνομαι (για..)

[fork out] (informal) to pay for something, or pay a certain amount of money, often unwillingly: I had to fork out £50 to get the TV repaired. * ιδ. πληρώνω (απρόθυμα), τα σκάω, «ξηλώνομαι»

[invest] to use or spend money in a way that you hope will bring you profit or benefit in the future, for example, by buying shares in a company: I invested £10,000 in a small company making electronic equipment. * πραγματοποιώ οικονομική επένδυση,
«επενδύω»

[meet the cost of] (formal) to pay for something: We shall have to put a certain amount of money aside to meet the cost of maintaining the new equipment after it has been installed.
* ανταποκρίνομαι στις (οικονομικές) υποχρεώσεις μου, πληρώνω τα χρέη μου

[pay back] to repay someone or something: If you lend me £10 now, I’ll pay you back on Monday – I promise. * ξεπληρώνω κάποιον ή κάτι

[repay] to give someone an amount of money that they lent you previously, or to give back an amount of money that you borrowed from someone: We can’t ask the bank for another loan, until we’ve finished repaying the loan we took out last year. * ξεπληρώνω,
εξοφλώ χρέος

[settle (up)] to pay someone what you owe them: If you don’t mind paying for me now, I’ll settle up with you later. * τακτοποιώ λογαριασμούς με.., λογαριάζομαι με..

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS