pay

Signification

Verb

1. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
2. To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
3. To be profitable for.
4. To give (something else than money).
5. To be profitable or worth the effort.
6. To discharge an obligation or debt.
7. To suffer consequences.
8. To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

Noun

Money given in return for work; salary or wages.

Adj

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/peɪ/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

My tax dollars pay for those public school proms .

Mes impôts paient pour ces bals d'école publique.