| Main Entry: | shell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give |
Synonyms: |
ante up, disburse, expend, fork over, hand over, lay out, outlay, pay, pay for, pay out, spend |
Antonyms: |
receive, take |
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
Synonyms: |
admeasure, allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, cut the pie, designate, distribute, divvy, dole, earmark, mete, set aside, share, shell out, slice, split up |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
Antonyms: |
disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set apart for a reason |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, consign, designate, detail, determine, dish out, distribute, divide, earmark, fix, fork out, give, grant, hand out, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out, specify, stipulate |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out, distribute, donate, endow, fork out, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out, sweeten the kitty |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
Synonyms: |
atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
Antonyms: |
deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | disburse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend money |
Synonyms: |
acquit, ante up, come across, come through, come up with, contribute, cough up, deal, defray, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divvy, dole out, expend, foot the bill, give, lay out, measure out, outlay, partition, pay out, pony up, put out, shell out, use |
Antonyms: |
deposit, hoard, hold, retain, save, set aside |
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dole out supply |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, assign, come across with, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, distribute, divide, divvy, fork out, furnish, give, give away, give with, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, mete out, partition, portion, prepare, prorate, share, shell out |
Antonyms: |
receive, take |
| Main Entry: | distribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, deliver, spread |
Synonyms: |
administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, deal out, diffuse, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up, dole out, donate, endow, fork out, give, give away, hand out, issue, lot out, measure out, mete, parcel, partition, pass out, pay out, present, prorate, radiate, ration, scatter, share, shell out, slice up, sow, strew |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, store |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, articulate, cut, cut in, cut one in, cut up, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out, dispense, disperse, divvy up, dole out, factor, fork out, go fifty-fifty, hand out, hand over, lot out, measure out, parcel, partition, piece up, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share, shell out, shift, slice, slice up, split up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, retain |
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
Synonyms: |
ante up, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill, fork out, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, shell out, splurge, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, save |