pay

Plural: pays

Noun

• something that remunerates
  • "he wasted his pay on drink"
• Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
• A paying job; a paying concern.

Verb

Verb Forms: paid, payed, paying, pays

• To give money or value for goods, services, or debt.
• give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  • "Pay the waitress, please"
• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
  • "Don't pay him any mind"
  • "pay attention"
• cancel or discharge a debt
  • "pay up, please!"
• bring in
  • "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
• do or give something to somebody in return
  • "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
• dedicate
  • "pay attention to"
• be worth it
  • "It pays to go through the trouble"
• render
  • "pay a visit"
  • "pay a call"
• bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
  • "You'll pay for this!"
  • "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"
  • "You'll pay for this opinion later"
• make a compensation for
• discharge or settle
  • "pay a debt"
  • "pay an obligation"
• To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
• To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
• To be profitable for.
• To give (something else than money).
• To be profitable or worth the effort.
• To discharge an obligation or debt.
• To suffer consequences.
• To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
• 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.

Adj

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

Examples

• crime doesn’t pay
• he has paid his debt to society
• He knew he had to PAY close attention to his opponent’s moves to win at Words With Friends.
• He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
• he paid her off the books and in kind where possible
• he paid him to clean the place up
• He was allowed to go as soon as he paid.
• How much will the job pay?
• It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
• it will pay to wait
• Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
• pay television
• pay toilet
• she offered to pay the bill
• to pay attention

Synonyms

ante up, bear, compensate, devote, earnings, give, make up, pay off, pay up, remuneration, salary, wage, yield, cough up, defray, do the needful, expend, foot the bill, fork out, fork over, lay out, pay, pay the freight, pony up, quit, shell out, spend, stump up

Antonyms

default, buy, discharge, earn, levant, repudiate, steal, waive, welsh

Anagrams of pay