pay
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English payen, from Old French paier, from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pacare (“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”)).
Verb[edit]
pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle paid or payed)
- (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- He paid him to clean the place up.
- He paid her off the books and in kind where possible.
- (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- He offered to pay the bill.
- He has paid his debt to society.
- Bible, Psalms xxxvii. 21
- The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.
- (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 be profitable or worth the effort.
- Crime doesn’t pay.
- It will pay to wait.
- (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.
Related terms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- (to give money): compensate
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to give money in exchange for goods or services
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to be profitable
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to give
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Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from pay (verb)
Noun[edit]
pay (plural pays)
- Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
Translations[edit]
money given in return for work
Etymology 2[edit]
Old French peier, from Latin picare (“to pitch”).
Verb[edit]
pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle payed)
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
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External links[edit]
- 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
Anagrams[edit]
Azeri[edit]
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | пај |
| Roman | pay |
| Perso-Arabic | پای |
Noun[edit]
pay definite accusative payı plural paylar
Declension[edit]
declension of pay
Kurdish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pay gender unspecified
Quechua[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
pay
See also[edit]
Quechua personal pronouns
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic.
Noun[edit]
pay
Synonyms[edit]
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Nautical
- Azeri nouns
- Kurdish nouns
- Quechua personal pronouns
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish nouns
