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bezahlen

Definitions of bezahlen
  1. verb
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    synonyms: ausgeben, zahlen
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    types:
    finanzieren
    obtain or provide money for
    entgelten
    make payment to; compensate
    draufzahlen
    pay too much
    vorauszahlen
    pay for something before receiving it
    entgelten, entlohnen, entschädigen
    make amends for; pay compensation for
    entrichten, zahlen
    pay off (loans or promissory notes)
    anlegen, aufwenden
    pay out
    berappen, blechen
    pay for something
    Auszahlung, auszahlen, besolden
    expend, as from a fund
    Kartenzahlung
    pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
    aufbrauchen, verbrauchen
    use up (resources or materials)
    vergeuden, verschleudern, verschwenden
    spend extravagantly
    erübrigen, leisten
    be able to spare or give up
    anlegen, investieren
    make an investment
    erstatten
    pay back for some expense incurred
    wiederherstellen
    give or bring back
    verplempern, vertrödeln, vertun
    spend time badly or unwisely
    type of:
    geben
    transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
  2. verb
    expend, as from a fund
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    type of:
    ausgeben, zahlen
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
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