From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
pay toilet
(not-comparable) Pertaining to or requiring payment.
ru пла́тный (pertaining to or requiring payment) · bg платен (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · fr payant (pertaining to or requiring payment) · fi maksu- (pertaining to or requiring payment) · ru пла́тный (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · fi maksullinen (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · bg платежен (pertaining to or requiring payment) · fr payante (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · fi maksu- (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · da betalings- (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · hu fizető- (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · fr payante (pertaining to or requiring payment) · fr payant (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · hu fizetős (operable or accessible on deposit of coins) · fi maksullinen (pertaining to or requiring payment) · da betalings- (pertaining to or requiring payment)
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
(countable, rare) A paying job; a paying concern.
"You can if you like. I'll drop in each day to see how she gets on." "Oh, will you? That's a relief. All the same, I wouldn't say she was a very good pay, if you spend too much time on her." "Oh, bad pays make up half a doctor's job." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 36:
hu járandóság (money given in return for work) · es paga (money given in return for work) · gd pàigh (money given in return for work) · fi kiinteä palkka (money given in return for work) · ga pá (money given in return for work) · km ប្រាក់ខែ (money given in return for work) · de Gehalt (money given in return for work) · fr paye (money given in return for work) · pl pensja (money given in return for work) · sl plača (money given in return for work) · fi vuosipalkka (money given in return for work) · ang ġield (money given in return for work) · fr paie (money given in return for work) · pt pagamento (money given in return for work) · bg плащане (money given in return for work) · ar معاش (money given in return for work) · ar أجر (money given in return for work) · hu bér (money given in return for work) · fa مزد (money given in return for work) · izh polucka (money given in return for work) · hu díjazás (money given in return for work) · el μισθός (money given in return for work) · fi palkka (money given in return for work) · la manūpretium (money given in return for work) · fi liksa (money given in return for work) · hu zsold (money given in return for work) · grc ὀψώνιον (money given in return for work) · os мызд (money given in return for work) · gd tuarasdal (money given in return for work) · nap pava (money given in return for work) · vi tiền công (money given in return for work) · hu fizetés (money given in return for work) · ga tuarastal (money given in return for work) · it paga (money given in return for work) · da betaling (money given in return for work) · bg заплата (money given in return for work) · wa traitmint (money given in return for work) · ru зарпла́та (money given in return for work) · pl płaca (money given in return for work) · sh пла́та (money given in return for work) · grc μισθός (money given in return for work) · izh palkka (money given in return for work) · sh pláća (money given in return for work) · gd cosnadh (money given in return for work) · la mercēs (money given in return for work) · fi kuukausipalkka (money given in return for work) · ota اجرت (money given in return for work) · wa paymint (money given in return for work) · ro plată (money given in return for work) · vi lương (money given in return for work) · hu fizetség (money given in return for work) · sh pláta (money given in return for work) · mns-nor ойтыл (money given in return for work)
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
She is paying him to clean the place up.
pay in dollars/euros, etc.
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
How much will the job pay?
He was paid off the books and in kind where possible.
Admiral Hackett: You can pay a soldier to fire a gun. You can pay him to charge the enemy. But you can't pay him to believe. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card
He doesn't have money, but he pays rent in chores and housework.
(intransitive, transitive) To deposit into an account.
I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.
(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:21:
to pay compensation, to pay a fine
He is paying his debt to society.
Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
She offered to pay the bill.
He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.
The petty ſtreames that paie a dailie det / To their ſalt ſoveraigne with their freſh fals haſt, / Adde to his flowe, but alter not his taſt. 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
(intransitive, transitive) To be profitable; to be worth it.
Crime doesn’t pay.
It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
It will pay to wait.
(intransitive) To cover, as a cost.
Those investments paid for her college education.
(transitive) To yield as a benefit.
You will get paid from this investment yearly.
to pay dividends; to pay interest
(transitive) To give (something else than money).
to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
not paying me a welcome c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
(intransitive) To suffer consequences, especially justly.
He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
(transitive) 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, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 294:
pay in (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay the penalty (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · bribe (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay back (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay one's way (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay one's own way (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay off (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · disburse (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay down (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · repay · ante · pay as you earn (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · BNPL · pay the bills (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay the piper (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · splurge · reimburse (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay respect (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay one's respects (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay forward (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay-to-view (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay the freight (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · squander · settle · invest · pay up (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay out (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · pay one's dues (Hyponyms of pay (to give money)) · fund (Hyponyms of pay (to give money))
jv mbayar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · vec pagàre (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · el πληρώνω (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ar خلص (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ar خَلَّصَ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es poner (to give (e.g. attention)) · la persolvo (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · eu pagatu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · de schenken (to give (e.g. attention)) · pl płacić (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · zh 納 /纳 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ur پیسے دینا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu kifizet (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · es pagar (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · be заплаці́ць (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · rm paer (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · akl bayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · nn lønne seg (to be profitable — see also pay off) · fr payer (to be profitable — see also pay off) · fr régler (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · eo profitigi (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ltg moksuot (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es costear (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ko 지불하다 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fr payer (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · oc pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sv löna sig (to be profitable — see also pay off) · scn pagari (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sg futa (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ddg selu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es abonar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ja 支払う (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · pl zapłacić (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · hu kifizetődik (to be profitable for) · el αποδίδω (to be profitable — see also pay off) · be плаці́ць (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu megéri (to be profitable — see also pay off) · nb betale (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · eo pagi (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tt түләргә (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mk плаќа (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · evn тама- (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mhn zoln (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · yi באַצאָלן (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · vec pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · zh 給錢 /给钱 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi maksaa (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · ms bayar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ar دَفَع (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru оплати́ть (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · kk төлеу (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mww theem (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · yo sanwó (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mk плати (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · zh 付 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru опла́чивать (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru удели́ть (to give (e.g. attention)) · pl płacić (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mfe peye (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru уделя́ть (to give (e.g. attention)) · ln futa (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es garpar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · cs platit (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sl plačati (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · de bezahlen (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · aii ܦܵܪܹܥ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · xal өгх (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · gd pàigh (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ur ویتن دینا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · wo fey (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ur رقم دینا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · rm pajear (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu fizet (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · es recudir (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · lo ຈ່າຍ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · rup plãtescu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tpw epyme'eng (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · uz toʻlamoq (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ast pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · da lønne sig (to be profitable — see also pay off) · da betale (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi kannattaa (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sh plaćati (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · cs vyplatit se (to be profitable — see also pay off) · fi maksaa (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · rm pajar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · bg платя́ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sh платити (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fr payer (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · is gjalda (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ht peye (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · es redituar (to be profitable — see also pay off) · tr ödemek (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ro merita (to be profitable — see also pay off) · tpw moepy (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es pagarla (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · az ödəmək (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · uk плати́ти (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · eu ordaindu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tl magbayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tk ödemek (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · br paeañ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · lt sumokėti (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · rm pajer (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu jövedelmez (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ur ادا کرنا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ko 내다 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu fizet (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · nl lonen (to be profitable — see also pay off) · my ချေ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · la penso (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ne तिर्नु (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · grc τίνω (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · si ගෙවනවා (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · zdj ulipva (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mi utua (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · cy talu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fur paiâ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ja 払う (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ur چکانا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ba түләү (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · li gelje (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sv betala (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fr donner (to give (e.g. attention)) · es pagarlas (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · nds betalen (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fo rinda (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · kcg tan (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mkz seluru (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ceb bayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ca pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · lb bezuelen (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi maksaa (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru плати́ть (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fr verser (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · hil bayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · km បង់ថ្លៃ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu rentábilis (to be profitable — see also pay off) · es prestar (to give (e.g. attention)) · hu rentábilis (to be profitable for) · chr ᎠᏈᏱᎭ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · is greiða (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · da betale sig (to be profitable — see also pay off) · fr payer (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · fi antaa korvaus (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · is borga (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sc pagae (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · bg изгоден съм (to be profitable for) · fi antaa (to give (e.g. attention)) · fo gjalda (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ky төлөө (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · de gebühren (to give (e.g. attention)) · km ចេញថ្លៃ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · gu કીમત આપવી (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hi पैसे देना (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · pl zapłacić (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · rm pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ko 계산하다 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · so bixin (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · pdt betolen (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · tet selu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tg пардохтан (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · la defungor (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · la solvo (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · bg изплащам (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · de zahlen (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · wa payî (to give (e.g. attention)) · hi चुकाना (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · ga díol (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · bg изплащам се (to be profitable for) · msk bayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sl izplačati se (to be profitable — see also pay off) · wa ripayî (to be profitable — see also pay off) · hy վճարել (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mba bayadan (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu befizet (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · sk platiť (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu megéri (to be profitable for) · li kaupe (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · av мухь кьезе (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ro plăti (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi korvata (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi maksaa (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · vi trả (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ofs jelda (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es cashquear (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ia pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sh плаћати (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · et maksma (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · eve тамдай (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru окупа́ться (to be profitable — see also pay off) · th จ่าย (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · af betaal (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu megfizet (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · dlm pacur (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · la compenso (to be profitable — see also pay off) · es pagar (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sc pacare (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · id membayar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · he שילם \ שִׁלֵּם (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · bg пла́щам (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sh isplatiti se (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sh platiti (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · qu kañiy (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · nn løne seg (to be profitable — see also pay off) · pt prestar (to give (e.g. attention)) · mt ħallas (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu kifizetődik (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ce ахча дала (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sl plačevati (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ket ӄыбет (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · vi thanh toán (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · os фидын (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ur قیمت دینا (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu rendez (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · nl betalen (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · uz тўламоқ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sc pagare (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · gd pàigh (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · mn тушаах (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · gu પગાર આપવો (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · gl pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sv erlägga (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · nl opbrengen (to be profitable — see also pay off) · ar دَفَعَ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · om kaffaluu (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ang ġieldan (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ar دفع (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ug تۆلىمەك (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · pt pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · uk заплати́ти (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · la repenso (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sc boidare (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tyv төлеп бээр (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ht peye (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · vo pelön (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · tsg bayad (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru заплати́ть (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sc pagai (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ga íoc (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · jje 내다 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ota اودهمك (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · nrf payi (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · pt compensar (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sk zaplatiť (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · zh 支付 (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fa پرداختن (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · wa payî (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · io pagar (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · inh ахча дала (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu törleszt (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · bn টাকা দেওয়া (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · km បង់លុយ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · kn ತೆರು (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ru окупи́ться (to be profitable — see also pay off) · hu kifizet (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ro a fi profitabil (to be profitable — see also pay off) · hu lakol (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · tyv төлээр (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ota اودهمك (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · fr payer (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · de sich lohnen (to be profitable — see also pay off) · sv betala sig (to be profitable — see also pay off) · hu bűnhődik (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · mn төлөх (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ka გადახდა (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · sw lipa (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ar دفع (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu folyósít (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · it pagare (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fur pajâ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · ln kofuta (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · de zale (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fi kannattaa (to be profitable for) · bg заплащам (to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required) · hu megfizet (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · hu fordít (to give (e.g. attention)) · nb lønne seg (to be profitable — see also pay off) · alt тӧлӧӧр (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · fy betelje (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · hu szentel (to give (e.g. attention)) · am ከፈለ (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · lv maksāt (to give money in exchange for goods or services) · es atenerse [with a] (intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price) · hu kifizet (intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt) · sq paguaj (to give money in exchange for goods or services)
fi pietä (to cover with a waterproof substance) · es calafatear (to cover with a waterproof substance) · fi tiivistää (to cover with a waterproof substance) · bg калафатя (to cover with a waterproof substance) · fi tervata (to cover with a waterproof substance)