pay

pay: /peɪ/ verb

1. to give money to buy an item or a service

● to pay £1,000 for a car

● How much did you pay to have the office cleaned?

♦ ‘pay cash’ words written on a crossed cheque to show that it can be paid in cash if necessary

♦ to pay in advance to pay before you receive the item bought or before the service has been completed

● We had to pay in advance to have the new telephone system installed.

♦ to pay in instalments to pay for an item by giving small amounts regularly

● We are buying the van by paying instalments of £500 a month.

♦ to pay cash to pay the complete sum in cash

♦ to pay by cheque to pay by giving a cheque, not by using cash or credit card

♦ to pay by credit card to pay using a credit card, not a cheque or cash

2. to give money which is owed or which has to be paid

● He was late paying the bill.

● We phoned to ask when they were going to pay the invoice.

● You will have to pay duty on these imports.

● She pays tax at the highest rate.

(NOTE: paying - paid)

♦ to pay on demand to pay money when it is asked for, not after a period of credit

♦ please pay the sum of £10 please give £10 in cash or by cheque

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‘…recession encourages communication not because it makes redundancies easier, but because it makes low or zero pay increases easier to accept’ [Economist]

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‘…the yield figure means that if you buy the shares at their current price you will be getting 5% before tax on your money if the company pays the same dividend as in its last financial year’ [Investors Chronicle]

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Discharge, settle, liquidate, defray, Make compensation / Compensate, recompense, requite, remunerate, reward, make payment to, satisfy, discharge one's obligation to, indemnify, Be profitable, be remunerative, make a good return, be a good investment, give a good interest, Compensation, recompense, remuneration, reward, requital, wages, hire, stipend, salary, allowance, emolument / Punish, take revenge upon, retort upon / Give, render, offer / Smear (with tar or pitch)

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pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… … English World dictionary
Pay — Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pay — ► VERB (past and past part. paid) 1) give (someone) money due for work, goods, or an outstanding debt. 2) give (a sum of money) thus owed. 3) be profitable or advantageous: crime doesn t pay. 4) suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an… … English terms dictionary
pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pay — Pay, n. 1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pay TV — pay television or pay TV noun Satellite or cable television available to subscribers • • • Main Entry: ↑pay * * * pay TV UK US noun [uncountable] a system in which you pay to watch particular television programmes or channels Thesaurus: systems… … Useful english dictionary
pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… … New thesaurus
Pay-TV — (von englisch Pay television), auch Bezahlfernsehen genannt,[1] bezeichnet private Fernsehsender, für deren Empfang mit dem Programmanbieter ein kostenpflichtiger Vertrag abgeschlossen werden muss, unabhängig von den in Deutschland… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pay — (p[=a]), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. [1913 Webster] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pay TV — ˌpay TˈV noun [uncountable] COMMERCE a system in which customers pay for the length of time they watch a particular television programme or channel: • Pay TV will be delivered on at least four channels. • Time Warner dominates the pay TV market… … Financial and business terms
pay up — {v.} To pay in full; pay the amount of; pay what is owed. * /The monthly installments on the car were paid up./ * /He pays his dues up promptly./ * /He gets behind when he is out of work but always pays up when he is working again./ … Dictionary of American idioms

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