WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pay out
    v 1: expend, as from a fund [syn: disburse, pay out]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "pay out":
   account with, administer, attend to, budget, clear the board,
   come down on, cost, cost out, deal, deal out, disburse, dispense,
   disperse, dispose, distribute, do for, dole, dole out,
   even the score, expend, fix, fork out, get even with, give it to,
   give out, go through, incur costs, invest, issue, lay out,
   measure out, mete, mete out, open the purse, outlay, parcel out,
   pass around, pay, pay old debts, portion out, put out, reckon with,
   run through, schedule, serve one out, settle, settle accounts with,
   settle the score, settle with, shell out, sink money in, spend,
   splurge, spoon out, squander, take care of, throw money around