<< Back to dictionary
The Meaning of pay
-
(v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
-
(v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
-
(v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
-
(v. t.) To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
-
(v. t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
-
(v. t.) To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
-
(v. i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
-
(v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
-
(n.) Satisfaction; content.
-
(n.) 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 pay of a soldier.
Synonyms
profit
,
salary
,
lucre
,
wage
,
net income
,
earnings
,
profits
,
net
,
net profit
,
remuneration
,
ante up
,
pay up
,
give
,
devote
,
yield
,
make up
,
compensate
,
pay off
,
bear
,
commit
,
chip in
,
dedicate
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
impart
,
pass on
,
move over
,
return
,
establish
,
reach
,
present
,
have
,
fall in
,
make
,
throw
,
gift
,
kick in
,
feed
,
break
,
ease up
,
apply
,
grant
,
open
,
founder
,
hold
,
pass
,
render
,
sacrifice
,
turn over
,
leave
,
give way
,
consecrate
,
generate
,
contribute
,
afford
,
hand
,
digest
,
abide
,
succumb
,
comport
,
tolerate
,
deliver
,
behave
,
endure
,
put up
,
concede
,
expect
,
give in
,
deport
,
assume
,
stick out
,
take over
,
carry
,
cede
,
knuckle under
,
support
,
birth
,
relent
,
buckle under
,
have a bun in the oven
,
soften
,
acquit
,
brook
,
turn out
,
conduct
,
suffer
,
contain
,
stand
,
gestate
,
stomach
,
accept
,
give birth
,
wear
,
even off
,
right
,
get
,
liquidate
,
patch up
,
recompense
,
cover
,
fix
,
remunerate
,
even out
,
fabricate
,
pay back
,
be
,
redeem
,
reconcile
,
correct
,
invent
,
counterbalance
,
overcompensate
,
catch up with
,
manufacture
,
represent
,
conciliate
,
comprise
,
even up
,
repair
,
cook up
,
buy off
,
indemnify
,
redress
,
constitute
,
settle
,
allowance
,
hire
,
compensation
,
honorarium
,
stipend
,
payment
,
requital
,
wages
,
fee
Homophones
paye
,
pei
Rhymes
aaa
,
abbe
,
aday
,
ae
,
afsane
,
aggrey
,
aigner
,
airway
,
allais
,
allay
,
alleyway
,
alloway
,
andre
,
andrei
,
antigay
,
anway
,
anyway
,
archway
,
array
,
asay
,
asea
,
ashtray
,
astray
,
attache
,
away
,
ay
,
b-j
,
ballet
,
banpais
,
barclay
,
bay
,
baye
,
bayh
,
beaujolais
,
beaupre
,
beauvais
,
beltway
,
benet
,
beret
,
bernay
,
betray
,
bey
,
birthday
,
blay
,
bley
,
bombay
,
boulais
,
boulay
,
bouquet
,
bouvier
,
brae
,
bray
,
breakaway
,
breezeway
,
broadway
,
brockway
,
bta
,
buffet
,
buga
,
byway
,
cabaret
,
cabernet
,
cabriolet
,
cache
,
cafe
,
calais
,
calvey
,
caraway
,
carraway
,
carre
,
castaway
,
cathay
,
causeway
,
cay
,
cea
,
ceta
,
chalet
,
che
,
chez
,
cia
,
ciskei
,
clay
,
cliche
,
cluj
,
coday
,
communique
,
companionway
,
convey
,
conway
,
corday
,
cray
,
crochet
,
croquet
,
curare
,
dae
,
dalai
,
day
,
daye
,
decay
,
defray
,
dekay
,
delay
,
delray
,
deseret
,
dey
,
disarray
,
dismay
,
disobey
,
display
,
divorcee
,
dk
,
dolce
,
dominee
,
donais
,
doomsday
,
doorway
,
dorais
,
dossier
,
doubleday
,
dovey
,
downplay
,
dray
,
drey
,
driveway
,
duarte
,
dumais
,
dunaway
,
dunlavey
,
dupay
,
ekk
,
enrile
,
entree
,
essay
,
everyday
,
expressway
,
fairway
,
faraday
,
faraway
,
fay
,
fe
,
fey
,
fiance
,
filet
,
fillet
,
flay
,
flyway
,
foia
,
foreplay
,
francais
,
fray
,
freeway
,
freightway
,
frey
,
friday
,
fuente
,
gainsay
,
galle
,
galloway
,
gallway
,
gateway
,
gay
,
gaye
,
gerais
,
gervais
,
getaway
,
giveaway
,
golladay
,
gourmet
,
gray
,
graye
,
greenaway
,
grey
,
guay
,
halfway
,
hallway
,
hathaway
,
hay
,
haye
,
headway
,
hearsay
,
hefei
,
heigh
,
hemingway
,
hervey
,
hevey
,
hey
,
heyday
,
hiaa
,
hideaway
,
highway
,
hiway
,
holiday
,
holladay
,
holliday
,
hongwei
,
hooray
,
horseplay
,
hurray
,
hwe
,
hyundai
,
ilhae
,
imlay
,
infante
,
inlay
,
interplay
,
intraday
,
j
,
jacquet
,
jae
,
jay
,
jaye
,
jna
,
jonbenet
,
jose
,
jouret
,
k
,
kahane
,
kamei
,
kawate
,
kay
,
kaye
,
kkk
,
kley
,
kokate
,
kootenay
,
kouyate
,
kray
,
krey
,
la-carre
,
laigh
,
laissez
,
lait
,
langlais
,
laraway
,
latte
,
lay
,
laye
,
leeway
,
lei
,
levey
,
ley
,
leyh
,
lihue
,
lingerie
,
lunday
,
lurvey
,
lyday
,
lyonnais
,
mackay
,
macknay
,
maclay
,
macrame
,
madre
,
mae
,
mainstay
,
mandalay
,
manet
,
marais
,
marquai
,
matinee
,
may
,
mcbay
,
mccay
,
mcclay
,
mccrae
,
mccray
,
mckay
,
mclay
,
mcnay
,
mcquay
,
mcrae
,
mcray
,
mcshea
,
mcstay
,
mcvey
,
melee
,
meservey
,
mey
,
midday
,
midway
,
millay
,
mobay
,
monday
,
monet
,
monterey
,
monterrey
,
morais
,
moray
,
moutray
,
mulvey
,
munday
,
naivete
,
nay
,
neigh
,
nej
,
newsday
,
ney
,
nicolay
,
niday
,
nisei
,
nissei
,
noaa
,
norway
,
obey
,
oj
,
ok
,
okay
,
olay
,
olivier
,
one-way
,
oshea
,
outlay
,
outweigh
,
overlay
,
overpay
,
overplay
,
overstay
,
paceway
,
padre
,
palais
,
palay
,
paraguay
,
parfait
,
parkway
,
parquet
,
passageway
,
passe
,
pathway
,
payday
,
paye
,
pei
,
per-se
,
pevey
,
pinochet
,
play
,
poitier
,
porcher
,
portray
,
pray
,
prepay
,
prey
,
protege
,
puree
,
purvey
,
quay
,
quaye
,
raceway
,
rae
,
railway
,
ramsay
,
ray
,
raye
,
re
,
rea
,
reay
,
redisplay
,
reggae
,
relay
,
rene
,
renee
,
repay
,
replay
,
resnais
,
resume
,
rey
,
ricochet
,
ridgeway
,
ridgway
,
risque
,
roadway
,
rockaway
,
runaway
,
runway
,
sachet
,
saturday
,
saute
,
say
,
saye
,
screenplay
,
seaway
,
seay
,
sergei
,
shay
,
shea
,
skyway
,
slay
,
sleigh
,
snay
,
sobriquet
,
societe
,
soiree
,
someday
,
sorbet
,
souffle
,
speedway
,
spey
,
spillway
,
splay
,
spray
,
stairway
,
stay
,
straightaway
,
stray
,
strey
,
subway
,
sunday
,
superhighway
,
survey
,
sway
,
swordplay
,
tae
,
tay
,
they
,
throughway
,
throwaway
,
thruway
,
thursday
,
today
,
torme
,
toupee
,
transkei
,
tray
,
treadway
,
tredway
,
trey
,
tuesday
,
turvey
,
underpay
,
underplay
,
uruguay
,
vadnais
,
valet
,
vey
,
waga
,
walkway
,
waterway
,
way
,
waye
,
waylay
,
wednesday
,
weekday
,
wei
,
weigh
,
wey
,
whey
,
workaday
,
workday
,
wray
,
wy
,
x-ray
,
yay
,
yea
,
yesterday