To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
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
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.
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
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."
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
pay toilet
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
pay television
A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.
A surname.
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”) ...
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