betall
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Dutch betalen (“to pay”), equivalent to be- + tale. Compare also German bezahlen (“to pay”) and Swedish betala (“to pay”).
Verb edit
betall (third-person singular simple present betalls, present participle betalling, simple past and past participle betalled)
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To pay; count out money.
- 1980, Jill L. Levenson, A critical edition of the anonymous Elizabethan play "The Weakest goeth to the wall":
- 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.