pay

pay: pay¹

verb (past and past participle paid)

1》 give (someone) money due for work, goods, or a debt incurred.

    ↘give (a sum of money) thus owed.

    ↘(pay someone off) dismiss someone with a final payment.

2》 be profitable or advantageous.

    ↘(pay off) informal yield good results.

3》 suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an action.

    ↘give what is due or deserved to.

    ↘(pay someone back) take revenge on someone.

4》 give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to.

    ↘make (a visit or call) to.

5》 (pay something out) let out a rope by slackening it.

noun money paid to someone for work.

Phrases

in the pay of employed by.

pay dearly suffer for a misdemeanour or failure.

pay its (or one's) way earn enough to cover its or one's costs.

pay one's last respects show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral.

pay one's respects make a polite visit to someone.

pay through the nose informal pay much more than a fair price.

Derivatives

payee noun

payer noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'pacify'): from OFr. paie (n.), payer (v.), from L. pacare 'appease', from pax, pac- 'peace'.

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pay²

verb (past and past participle payed) Nautical seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage.

Origin

C17: from Old North. Fr. peier, from L. picare, from pix, pic- 'pitch'.

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Synonyms:

Discharge, settle, liquidate, defray, Make compensation / Compensate, recompense, requite, remunerate, reward, make payment to, satisfy, discharge one's obligation to, indemnify, Be profitable, be remunerative, make a good return, be a good investment, give a good interest, Compensation, recompense, remuneration, reward, requital, wages, hire, stipend, salary, allowance, emolument / Punish, take revenge upon, retort upon / Give, render, offer / Smear (with tar or pitch)

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pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… … English World dictionary
Pay — Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pay — ► VERB (past and past part. paid) 1) give (someone) money due for work, goods, or an outstanding debt. 2) give (a sum of money) thus owed. 3) be profitable or advantageous: crime doesn t pay. 4) suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an… … English terms dictionary
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Pay — Pay, n. 1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… … New thesaurus
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Pay — (p[=a]), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. [1913 Webster] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pay TV — ˌpay TˈV noun [uncountable] COMMERCE a system in which customers pay for the length of time they watch a particular television programme or channel: • Pay TV will be delivered on at least four channels. • Time Warner dominates the pay TV market… … Financial and business terms
pay up — {v.} To pay in full; pay the amount of; pay what is owed. * /The monthly installments on the car were paid up./ * /He pays his dues up promptly./ * /He gets behind when he is out of work but always pays up when he is working again./ … Dictionary of American idioms

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