Sekirov Dictionary

pay

/peɪ/

verb 10
adjective 2
noun 2
forms 10
phrases 20

verb10

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to hand over money to someone in return for goods or for work done
- pay in dollars/euros, etc.
- How much will the job pay?
•
To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- She offered to pay the bill.
- He is paying his debt to society.
•
To cover, as a cost.
- Those investments paid for her college education.
To give (something else than money).
•
To suffer consequences, especially justly.
- He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
•
To be profitable; to be worth it.
- It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
- Crime doesn’t pay.
•
To yield as a benefit.
- to pay dividends; to pay interest
- You will get paid from this investment yearly.
•
To deposit into an account.
- I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.
•
To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.' — 1996
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.

adjective2

Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
Pertaining to or requiring payment.

noun2

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Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
(rare) A paying job; a paying concern.

forms

paid · payed · payed · paidest · paidst · payedst · paying · payeth · pays · payest

Phrases with pay

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