pay

verb pays · paying · paid · payed

1. ambitransitive To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card
2. intransitive, transitive To deposit into an account. I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.
3. ambitransitive To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. to pay compensation, to pay a fine

   Similar: pay off, repay

4. intransitive, transitive To be profitable; to be worth it. It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
5. intransitive To cover, as a cost. Those investments paid for her college education.
6. transitive To yield as a benefit. to pay dividends; to pay interest

   Similar: pay out, yield, return

7. transitive To give (something else than money). to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit
8. intransitive To suffer consequences, especially justly. He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
9. transitive To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny. Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'

Similar: ante up, cough up, defray, do the needful, expend, foot the bill, fork out, fork over, imburse, lay out, pay, pay the freight, pay the piper, pay the price, pay up, pony up, quit, shell out, spend, stump up · Opposite: buy, earn, default, levant, repudiate, steal, welsh, discharge, waive

noun pays

1. countable, uncountable Money given in return for work; salary or wages. Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
2. countable, rare A paying job; a paying concern. "You can if you like. I'll drop in each day to see how she gets on." "Oh, will you? That's a relief. All the same, I wouldn't say she was a very good pay, if you spend too much time on her." "Oh, bad pays make up half a doctor's job."

adjective

1. not comparable Operable or accessible on deposit of coins. pay toilet
2. not comparable Pertaining to or requiring payment. pay television

verb pays · paying · payed · paid

1. transitive 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.

Similar: ante up, cough up, defray, do the needful, expend, foot the bill, fork out, fork over, imburse, lay out, pay, pay the freight, pay the piper, pay the price, pay up, pony up, quit, shell out, spend, stump up · Opposite: buy, earn, default, levant, repudiate, steal, welsh, discharge, waive

proper noun Pays

1. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.
2. countable, uncountable A surname.