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    pay
    [pā]
    verb
    pay (verb) · pays (third person present) · paid (past tense) · paid (past participle) · paying (present participle)
    1. give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred:
      "he paid the locals to pick his coffee beans" · "I'll pay for your ticket"
      • give (a sum of money) in exchange for goods or work done or in discharge of a debt:
        "he paid $1,000 to have it built in 1977" · "you will have paid out more in premiums that you received from claims" · "a museum paid him a four-figure sum for it"
      • hand over or transfer the amount due of (a debt, wages, etc.) to someone:
        "I always prefer to pay all my bills on time" · "bonuses were paid to savers whose policies completed their full term"
      • (of work, an investment, etc.) yield or provide someone with (a specified sum of money):
        "jobs that pay $5 or $6 an hour"
      • (of a business or undertaking, or an attitude) be profitable or advantageous to someone:
        "crime doesn't pay" · "it pays to choose varieties carefully"
    2. suffer a loss or other misfortune as a consequence of an action:
      "they paid for his impatience" · "the destroyer responsible for these atrocities would have to pay with his life"
      • give what is due or deserved to (someone); reward or punish:
        "“I'll pay you for that,” he snarled"
    3. give or bestow (attention, respect, or a compliment) on (someone):
      "no one paid them any attention"
      • make (a visit or call) to (someone):
        "she has been prevailed upon to pay us a visit"
    noun
    pay (noun)
    1. the money paid to someone for regular work:
      "those working on contract may receive higher rates of pay" · "showing up and collecting your pay"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.
    pay
    [pā]
    verb
    nautical
    pay (verb) · pays (third person present) · payed (past tense) · payed (past participle) · paying (present participle)
    1. seal (the deck or hull seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage:
      "an open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle"
    Origin
    early 17th century: from Old Northern French peier, from Latin picare, from pix, pic- ‘pitch’.
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    verb
    1. give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred:
      reward
      reimburse
      recompense
      remunerate
      tip
      indemnify
      finance
      endow
      support
      back
      stake
      fund
      capitalize
      subsidize
      sponsor
      give payment to
      settle up with
      defray the cost of
      settle up for
      donate/leave money for
      provide finance/capital for
      furnish credit for
      treat someone to
      foot the bill for
      shell out for
      fork out for
      cough up for
      ante up for
      pony up for
    2. suffer a loss or other misfortune as a consequence of an action:
      suffer
      atone
      take one's medicine
      suffer the consequences
      be punished
      pay a penalty
      make atonement
      pay the price
      get one's deserts
      get one's comeuppance
      • give or bestow (attention, respect, or a compliment) on (someone):
        bestow
        present
        grant
        give
        hand out
        extend
        offer
        proffer
        render
        afford
        noun
        1. the money paid to someone for regular work:
          salary
          wages
          wage
          take-home pay
          payment
          earnings
          fee(s)
          remuneration
          stipend
          emolument(s)
          honorarium
          allowance
          handout(s)
          recompense
          compensation
          reimbursement
          reward
          income
          revenue
          profit(s)
          proceeds
          takings
          gain
          lucre
          gross/net pay
         

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        What does it mean to pay a debt?
        1. to discharge (a debt, obligation, etc) by giving or doing something: he paid his creditors. 2. (when: intr, often foll by for) to give (money) to (a person) in return for goods or services: they pay their workers well; they pay by the hour. 3. to give or afford (a person) a profit or benefit: it pays one to be honest.

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        What does 'payment' mean?
        The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor. (informal) to cost/pay a lot of money (informal) a lot of trouble

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