put sth towards sth
UK US put sth toward sth— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to use an amount of money to pay part of the cost of something:
My grandma gave me some money to put towards a new coat.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- charge
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- pick up the bill/tab idiom
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- tip
- worth
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