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▪ I. payer|ˈpeɪə(r)|
Also 4 paiere, 4–5 payere, 5 payare, paier, 9 payor.
[f. pay v.1 + -er1: cf. F. payeur (in 13th c. in regimen paiere), perh. the origin.]
One who pays (in senses of the verb); esp. one who pays a sum of money. (As correlative to payee occas. spelt payor: see -or 2 d.)
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vi. 41 He is þe presteste payere þat pore men habbeþ; He with-halt non hyne his huire. c1440Promp. Parv. 377/1 Payare, solutor. 1472–3Rolls of Parlt. VI. 39/2 The same sommes..to the paiers of the same shuld be restored. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 25 In the handes of the payers of the sayd pencion. 1619Fletcher, etc. Knt. Malta v. i, Ingrateful payer of my industries. 1752E. Erskine Wks. (1871) III. 486 Fear not: though drowned in debt Thy husband is the payer. 1880S. D. Horton Gold & Silver 172 Can payees demand, or can payors give in payment, whatever merchandise they prefer?
▪ II. payer, payes
obs. ff. pair n.1 and v.2, peace. |