pay
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English payen from Old French paier from Mediaeval Latin pācāre "to settle, satisfy" from Latin pacō (“‘to pacify’”). Displaced native Middle English yelden, yielden "to pay" (from Old English ġieldan "to pay"), Middle English schotten "to pay, make payment" (from Old English scot, ġescot "payment").
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to pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle paid or payed)
- (transitive) To give money in exchange for goods or services.
- He paid him to clean the place up.
- (intransitive) To be profitable.
- Crime doesn’t pay.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- To pay attention
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
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to give money in exchange for goods or services
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to be profitable
to give
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terms derived from pay (verb)
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pay (plural pays)
- Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
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money given in return for work
[edit] External links
- pay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pay in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- pay at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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