pay

Betekenis

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/peɪ/

Etymologie

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.

Zinnen

My tax dollars pay for those public school proms .

Mijn belastingdollars betalen voor die openbare school proms.