<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.</li><li>money paid, expended, or disbursed, as a dividend or winning:<ul><li>He went to the betting window to collect his payout.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to distribute (money, wages, etc.); disburse.</li><li>to get revenge upon for an injury; requite.</li><li>to let out (a rope) by slackening.</li></ul>