英语词汇“pay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	pay
释义	pay I. \ˈpā\ verb (paid also in sense 8 payed \ˈpād\ ; paid ; paying ; pays) Etymology: Middle English payen, from Old French paier, from Latin pacare to pacify, from pac-, pax peace — more at peace *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : pacify, appease, gratify 2. a. : to satisfy (someone) for services rendered or property delivered : discharge an obligation to : make due return to < factory hands are paid by the hour > < paid all his creditors > b. : to engage for money : hire < you couldn't pay me to do that > < have to pay someone to mow the lawn > 3. a. : to give in return for goods or service < pay high wages > < paid a stiff price for the house > < pay interest on borrowed money > b. : to discharge indebtedness for : settle < pay a bill > < pay a tax > < pay a debt > < pay a bet > < pay rent for the house > c. : to assume the charge of < pay expenses > < paid his son's tuition > < pay the freight > d. : to make any agreed disposal or transfer of (money) < paid a few dollars weekly into his savings account > < counting all the contributions actually paid in to date > < obliged to pay out his entire wages every Saturday > < paid over a large sum to the lawyer > 4. : to give or forfeit in expiation or retribution < if he has broken the law he must pay the penalty > < permanent injury is a high price to pay for a moment's carelessness > 5. a. : to make compensation for : make up for : recompense < his trouble was well paid in the end > b. : to make retaliation for — usually used with back < paid him back blow for blow > c. : to requite (someone) according to what is deserved : get even with — usually used with back < pay back a social obligation > < how can I pay you back for all your kindness > < cheated me but I'll find some way to pay him back > d. archaic : thrash, punish 6. : to give, offer, or make freely or as fitting < pay attention to business > < paid no heed to repeated warnings > < pay a visit to the capital > < paying lip service to democratic ideals > < has come to pay his respects to you > 7. a. : to return value or profit to < it paid the store to stay open evenings > b. : to bring in as a return < the investment paid five percent > 8. : to slacken (as a rope) and allow to run out < wires are paid out and their eyes are slipped over the ship's bitts — N.D.Ford & W.J.Redgrave > < payed out the line to lower him to the ledge > *intransitive verb* 1. : to give a recompense : make payment : discharge a debt or obligation < owing doesn't mean paying, as any butcher or baker or candlestick maker can tell you — Margaret Deland > 2. : to make suitable return for expense or trouble : be worth the effort or pains : be profitable < it pays to be careful > < his job pays very little > < justly emphatic against the delusion that persecution never pays — G.G.Coulton > 3. : to be amiss or afoot — used chiefly in what's to pay, something is to pay Synonyms: compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, recompense, repay: pay is a general term, usually lacking particular connotation but sometimes bluntly stressing the purchase of services < pay a machinist high wages > < pay a person to whom one has lost a bet > In situations involving retaliation or retribution it may connote the bitter or dire < didn't want anything except an opportunity to make somebody pay for the injustices, the inhumanities that my father had suffered — Kenneth Roberts > compensate may indicate the giving of some return felt to be roughly equivalent in value to a service or favor; the extending of some balancing or countering consideration < compensate one for his additional trouble > < an epoch in which the immense costs of a war could never be compensated by any economic gains that came from it — Max Lerner > < the loss will be far more than compensated by the growing tourist business — American Guide Series: Nevada > remunerate, generally more formal than pay, is applicable to rewards generous, not contracted for, or unexpected < the king remunerated his retainers with large grants > satisfy implies payment asked, required, stipulated < the Swedish government bought the shares of the Dutch investors in the New Sweden Company and satisfied all Dutch claims — American Guide Series: Delaware > reimburse applies to the return of an exact equivalent for an expenditure < county charges are admitted, the state reimbursing the county in the amount of 75¢ a day for each person; patients financially able to pay are charged $3 a day — American Guide Series: Michigan > indemnify applies to compensations for loss, damage, or injury < the insurance company indemnified him for his losses > recompense suggests fit return, either in compensation, amends, friendly or loyal repayment, or reward < recompensed for unusual services > < from this heritage her writing derives a graciousness and urbanity that recompense one, to a degree, for the essential superficiality of her observation and insight — F.B.Millett > repay always implies the notion of a return, a paying back, answering, countering, or reprisal < every last one of them eager to repay with interest a few of the things that had been done to them — Kenneth Roberts > < the doctor is repaid all he wants simply by the interest of your case — Graham Greene > < the region would repay investigation — Douglas Carruthers > • - pay as you go - pay for - pay home - pay one's way - pay the piper - pay the shot - pay through the nose II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pay, paye, from Middle French paie, from paier to pay 1. obsolete : satisfaction, liking 2. a. : the act or fact of paying or being paid < no pay, no work > < demanded pay for overtime work > < long interval between pays … to prevent frequent drunkenness among the men — Times Literary Supplement > b. : the status of being paid by an employer : employ < time when England had not a single battalion in constant pay — T.B.Macaulay > < suspected of being in the pay of a foreign power > 3. archaic : something given in return by way of reward or retaliation < when her lips were ready for his pay — Shakespeare > 4. a. : wages, salary, remuneration < equal pay for equal work > < stayed just long enough to collect his pay > especially : money regularly allotted to a member of the armed forces b. : money paid in addition to basic wages or salary < travel pay > < flying pay > < severance pay > 5. : a person viewed as to reliability or promptitude in paying debts or bills < business people say the best pay are Japanese, Filipinos, and Chinese — Joseph Driscoll > 6. a. : earth, rock, or sand that yields metal (especially gold) in profitable amounts b. : a zone or stratum (as of sand) that yields oil Synonyms: see wage III. adjective 1. : containing or leading to something precious or valuable (as gold, oil) < pay ore > < pay rock > 2. : equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use < pay telephone > < pay toilet > 3. : concerned with or used for payment < pay clerk > < pay office > 4. : requiring payment < pay hospital > < pay TV > IV. transitive verb (payed also paid ; payed also paid ; paying ; pays) Etymology: obsolete French peier, from Old French, from Latin picare, from pic-, pix pitch — more at pitch : to smear or coat (as a spar, caulked seam) with hot tar or pitch or any waterproof composition V. verb also pay dues • - pay one's dues
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