promise+to+pay
11promise — vb Promise, engage, pledge, plight, covenant, contract are comparable when they mean to give one s word that one will act in a specified way (as by doing, making, giving, or accepting) in respect to something stipulated. Promise implies a giving… …
12pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… …
13pay radio — (PAY ray.dee.oh) n. A satellite based radio signal for which subscribers pay a monthly fee to receive a package of stations. Example Citation: Satellite service has three big hooks: Each company will deliver up to 100 channels of widely varied… …
14I promise to pay — The obligating phrase in a promissory note. 11 Am J2d B & N § 570. See I, we, or either of us …
15promise — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to tell someone that you will definitely do something or that something will happen: promise (that): Hurry up, we promised that we wouldn t be late. | promise sb (that): You promised me the car would be ready on Monday. | I/we… …
16pay — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hourly, monthly, weekly ▪ full, half (both esp. BrE) ▪ He has taken leave on half pay. ▪ …
17pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the …
18able to pay — In a majority of the jurisdictions it is held that a promise to pay when the promisor is able is a conditional, and not an absolute promise to pay, and that the promisee is not entitled to recover on such a promise unless the promisor is able to… …
19collateral promise to answer for the debt of another — An undertaking which renders the promisor a guarantor or surety upon a debt owing by a third person who is primarily liable; a promise to pay the debt of another person made under such circumstances that, as between the debtor and the promisor,… …
20Illusory promise — In contract law, an illusory promise is one that courts will not enforce. This is in contrast with a contract, which is a promise that courts will enforce. A promise may be illusory for a number of reasons. In common law countries this usually… …