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pay1 /pā/ transitive verb (payˈing; paid, or in the nautical sense payed /pād/)- To give what is due (in satisfaction of a debt, in exchange, in compensation or in remuneration, etc) to (the person, etc to whom it is owed)
- To give (money, etc) in satisfaction of a debt, in exchange, compensation, remuneration, etc
- To settle or discharge (a claim, bill, debt, etc)
- To hand over money, etc, for
- (of a sum of money, etc) to be or yield satisfactory remuneration or compensation for, or enough to discharge
- To yield (a certain sum, profit, etc)
- To be profitable to, to benefit
- To render, confer (attention, heed, court, a visit, etc)
- To satisfy, gratify (obsolete)
- To thrash (Shakespeare and dialect)
- (of a rope) to allow or cause to run out (nautical)
intransitive verb- To hand over money or other equivalent, or compensation, etc (with for)
- To afford to make payment, or constitute an equivalent or means of making payment (with for)
- To be worth one's trouble
- To be profitable
- To suffer or be punished (with for)
- To be the subject of payment
noun- Satisfaction (obsolete)
- Money given for service
- Salary, wages
- Receipt of wages, etc, service for wages, etc, hire or paid employment (esp for an evil purpose)
- Payment or time of payment
- Remunerative yield of mineral
ORIGIN: Fr payer, from L pācāre to appease; cf pāx peace paid adjective see separate entry payˈable adjective - That may or should be paid
- Due
- Profitable
payeeˈ noun Someone to whom money is paid payˈer noun payˈing noun and adjective payˈment noun - The act of paying
- The discharge of a debt by money or its equivalent in value
- That which is paid
- Recompense
- Reward
- Punishment
pay and display noun A system of paying for parking in which a ticket is bought from a machine and displayed in the window of the parked vehicle pay-and-displayˈ adjective pay-as-you-earnˈ noun A method of income tax collection in which the employer deducts tax from earnings before paying the employee (abbrev PAYE) pay-as-you-goˈ adjective - (of mobile phones) denoting that the user, the outright purchaser of the phone, pays only for calls made, using credit bought in advance
- (of other services, eg the Internet) denoting that charges are made only when the service is used
payback see pay back below. payback period noun (economics) The length of time a project will take to recover its initial outlay pay bed noun A bed, specif in a National Health Service hospital, available to a patient who pays for its use (private pay bed one available to a patient who pays for its use and for his or her own treatment; cf amenity bed) payˈ-bill or payˈ-sheet noun A statement of money to be paid to workmen, etc payˈ-box or payˈ-desk noun A box or desk at which a customer pays payday noun A regular day for payment, eg of wages payday lender noun A company that provides payday loans (see below) payday loan noun A short-term, high-interest loan, to be repaid on the borrower's next payday pay dirt noun - Gravel or sand containing enough gold to be worth working (also pay gravel)
- A source of riches
pay envelope noun (N American) Pay packet payˈfone same as payphone below. paying guest noun (euphemistic) A lodger paylist see payroll below. payˈload noun - That part of the cargo of an aeroplane or other conveyance for which revenue is obtained
- The part of a rocket's equipment that is to fulfil the purpose of the rocket, such as a warhead, or apparatus for obtaining information
payˈmaster noun - The master who pays
- The official in an organization, government, etc who pays out money
Paymaster General noun - The minister at the head of a department of the Treasury that makes payments on behalf of government departments
- In the navy, an officer in charge of the bureau dealing with payments, clothing, etc (US)
- Formerly also a similar officer in the army (US)
payment card noun A credit card payˈ-off noun - (time of) payment esp of a reward or punishment
- Outcome
- A particularly useful or desirable result
- Dénouement
payˈ-office noun The place where payments are made pay-out see pay out below. pay packet noun - An envelope containing a person's wages
- Wages
pay-per-click noun A form of Internet advertising in which the advertiser pays according to the number of clicks made by users on the advertisement (also adjective) pay-per-viewˈ noun A form of pay television (qv below) in which viewers use a smart card to gain access to the service (also adjective) payˈphone noun A coin- or card-operated public telephone payˈroll noun - The money for paying wages
- (also payˈlist) a list of people entitled to receive pay, with the amounts due to each
- A computer program for calculating wages
payroll giving noun Contributions to charity which are deducted from one's wages and paid by one's employer directly to the charity concerned payˈslip noun A note to a worker (giving an analysis) of the sum paid in wages pay station noun (US) A telephone call-box pay television or pay TV noun Satellite or cable television available to subscribers payˈwall noun An arrangement allowing access to a website only to users who have paid to subscribe to it in the pay of Receiving payment from in return for services, used esp in a sinister sense pay back - To pay in return (a debt)
- To give tit for tat (payˈback noun)
pay cash To pay for something at the time of the transaction, ie not using credit terms pay down - To pay (eg a first instalment) in cash on the spot
- To pay back debt
pay for - To make amends for
- To suffer for
- To bear the expense of
pay in - To contribute to a fund
- To deposit money in a bank account
pay off - To pay in full and discharge (a debt, an employee, etc)
- To take revenge upon
- To requite
- To fall away to leeward (nautical)
- To yield good results, justify itself (see also pay-off above)
pay one's (or its) way - To have or bring enough to pay expenses
- To compensate adequately for initial outlay
pay out - To release (a rope, etc) gradually, to feed or run out
- To disburse (payˈ-out noun)
- To punish deservedly
pay round To turn the ship's head pay the piper see under pipe1 pay through the nose To pay more than the fair price, to pay dearly pay up - To pay in full
- To pay arrears
- To pay (for) in instalments
- To accept the necessity and pay
- To pay on demand
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