Utbetalar

Utbetalar is a Swedish verb in present tense meaning to pay out or disburse money to recipients. It denotes the act by which funds are transferred from a payer to an individual or organization, typically as salary, pension, social benefit, insurance payout, or dividend. The infinitive is utbetala; the present tense third person singular is utbetalar, as in “Företaget utbetalar lönerna den sista arbetsdagen i månaden.” The noun form for the payment itself is utbetalning; the entity that performs the payment is the utbetalare (the payer).

In practice, utbetalningar follow defined rules: eligibility checks, calculation of the amount, tax withholdings where applicable, and transfer through a bank or payment system. They may be scheduled regularly (monthly pensions, salaries) or issued for one-off events (settlements, refunds). The term is commonly used in financial, administrative, and public-sector contexts.

Related terms include utbetalning (the payout or payment itself) and utbetalare (the payer). The concept contrasts with receiving payments and with ongoing income, which are described in related formulations such as mottagning or utbetalda belopp in routine documentation. Etymologically, utbetalar derives from ut- meaning “out” and betala meaning “to pay.”