1pay1 (peɪ
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: pays, paying, paid
- to discharge (a debt, obligation, etc) by giving or doing something ⇒
he paid his creditors
- intr, often foll by for to give (money) to (a person) in return for goods or services ⇒
they pay their workers well
they pay by the hour
- to give or afford (a person) a profit or benefit ⇒
it pays one to be honest
- (tr) to give or bestow (a compliment, regards, attention, etc)
- (tr) to make (a visit or call)
- (intr) for to give compensation or make amends
- (tr) to yield a return of ⇒
the shares pay 15 per cent
- to give or do (something equivalent) in return; pay back ⇒
he paid for the insult with a blow
- (tr; past tense and past participle paid or payed) nautical to allow (a vessel) to make leeway
- Australian informal to acknowledge or accept (something) as true, just, etc
- See pay one's way
noun
- money given in return for work or services; a salary or wage
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a pay slip
pay claim
- paid employment (esp in the phrase in the pay of)
- (modifier) requiring the insertion of money or discs before or during use ⇒
a pay phone
a pay toilet
- (modifier) rich enough in minerals to be profitably mined or worked ⇒
pay gravel
Word Origin
C12: from Old French payer, from Latin pācāre to appease (a creditor), from pāxpeaceSynonyms
View thesaurus entry= be profitable make money make a return provide a living be remunerative
=
wages,
income,
payment,
earnings,
fee,
reward,
hire,
salary,
compensation,
allowance,
remuneration,
takings,
reimbursement,
hand-outs,
recompense,
stipend,
emolument,
vacation pay,
meed,
2pay2 (peɪ)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: pays, paying, payed
- (tr) nautical to caulk (the seams of a wooden vessel) with pitch or tar
Word Origin
C17: from Old French peier, from Latin picāre, from pix pitchQuotations
"He who pays the piper calls the tune"
"You pays your money and you takes your choice"
Translations
- British English:
pay
Your pay is the money that you get from your employer as wages or salary....their complaints about their pay and conditions.peɪ NOUN ...their complaints about their pay and conditions.
- Spanish:
pago
nm paga
- French:
paye
nf
- German:
Lohn
nm Löhne
- Chinese: 薪水 n
- Arabic: دَفْعُ n
- Portuguese: pagamento nm
- Russian: плата nf
- Croatian: plaća nf
- Czech: plat nm
- Danish: betaling nutr
- Dutch: betaling nf
- Finnish: palkka n
- Greek: αμοιβή nf
- Italian: stipendio nm
- Japanese: 給料 n
- Korean: 지급 n
- Norwegian: betaling nm
- Polish: zapłata nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: pagamento nm
- European Spanish:
paga
nf
- Swedish: lön nutr
- Thai: การจ่าย n
- Turkish: maaş n
- Vietnamese: tiền lương n
- British English:
pay
When you pay an amount of money to someone, you give it to them because you are buying something from them or because you owe it to them.Richer people may have to pay more in taxes.peɪ VERB Richer people may have to pay more in taxes.
- Spanish:
pagar
v
- French:
payer
v
- German:
zahlen
v
- Chinese: 付钱 vi
- Arabic: يَدْفَعُ vi
- Portuguese: pagar vi
- Russian: платить vi
- Croatian: platiti v
- Czech: zaplatit vi platit
- Danish: betale v
- Dutch: betalen vi
- Finnish: maksaa v
- Greek: πληρώνω v
- Italian: pagare v
- Japanese: 支払う v
- Korean: 지불하다 vi
- Norwegian: betale v
- Polish: zapłacić vi płacić
- Brazilian Portuguese: pagar vi
- European Spanish:
pagar
v
- Swedish: betala vi
- Thai: จ่าย vi
- Turkish: ödemek vi
- Vietnamese: thanh toán v
Usage examples
People ought to be able to buy what they want- provided they pay the real price.
Country Life (2004)It might just pay to keep the faith with Florida Pearl just one more time.
Irish Times (2002)Pop star Geri Halliwell would have to pay almost £60,000 to exchange her burgled £1m flat for a property of the same value.
Glasgow Herald (2001)I'll pay anything even (He produces a gold coin) even Money!
, THE ESSENTIAL SPIKE MILLIGAN (2002)