betall

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verb

To pay; count out money.

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Meanings

verbbetall (third-person singular simple present betalls, present participle betalling, simple past and past participle betalled)

present singular third person betalls · participle present betalling · participle past betalled · past betalled

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo pay; count out money.

    And you will love me, kiss me, and be my secret sweetheart. Your husband will not know. I will give you money, and your husband will not have to betall, to pay for your lodgings or your food.

    1980, Jill L. Levenson, A critical edition of the anonymous Elizabethan play "The Weakest goeth to the wall"

Origin

Probably from Dutch betalen (“to pay”), equivalent to be- + tale. Compare also German bezahlen (“to pay”) and Swedish betala (“to pay”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

balletlablet
Cite this entry
APA

betall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betall

MLA

“betall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betall.

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