pay

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Meaning

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.

yield

be profitable

address

be advantageous

be worth while

sum paid

make a contribution

be worth

labour cost

pay for

wage rate

deliver up

let drop

make an offering

pay a bill

settle an account

be blessed

pay over

give board to

provide meals

give money

aby

defrayment

make payment

actor’s remuneration

actress’s remuneration

monthly wage

pay wages

performing fee

renumerate

payment schemes

time wages

give wages

paying-out

be worthwhile

endue

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/peɪ/

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.

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