pay

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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").

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pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle paid or payed)

  1. (transitive) To give money in exchange for goods or services.
    He paid him to clean the place up.
  2. (intransitive) To be profitable.
    Crime doesn’t pay.
  3. (transitive) To be profitable for.
    It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
  4. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
    To pay attention
  5. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
    He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.
  6. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
    He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.

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(to give money):

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(to give money):

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to give money in exchange for goods or services
to be profitable
to give
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terms derived from pay (verb)

[edit] Noun

pay (plural pays)

  1. 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

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Other scripts
Cyrillic пај‍
Roman pay‍
Perso-Arabic ‍پای‍

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pay definite accusative payı plural paylar

  1. share
  2. portion

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declension of pay
singular plural
absolute pay paylar
definite accusative payı payları
dative paya paylara
locative payda paylarda
ablative paydan paylardan
definite genitive payın payların

[edit] Kurdish

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pay

  1. share

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pay

  1. he, she, it

[edit] Turkish

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From Proto-Turkic.

[edit] Noun

pay

  1. portion

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