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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pay  \Pay\,  n. 
  1.  Satisfaction;  content.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  An  equivalent  or  return  for  money  due,  goods  purchased,  or 
  services  performed;  salary  or  wages  for  work  or  service; 
  compensation;  recompense;  payment;  hire;  as  the  pay  of  a 
  clerk;  the  pay  of  a  soldier. 
 
  Where  only  merit  constant  pay  receives.  --Pope. 
 
  There  is  neither  pay  nor  plunder  to  be  got 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  {Full  pay},  the  whole  amount  of  wages  or  salary;  maximum  pay 
  especially,  the  highest  pay  or  allowance  to  civil  or 
  military  officers  of  a  certain  rank,  without  deductions. 
 
 
  {Half  pay}.  See  under  {Half}. 
 
  {Pay  day},  the  day  of  settlement  of  accounts. 
 
  {Pay  dirt}  (Mining),  earth  which  yields  a  profit  to  the 
  miner.  [Western  U.S.] 
 
  {Pay  office},  a  place  where  payment  is  made 
 
  {Pay  roll},  a  roll  or  list  of  persons  entitled  to  payment, 
  with  the  amounts  due. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pay  \Pay\,  v.  t.  [OF.  peier,  fr  L.  picare  to  pitch,  i?  pitch: 
  cf  OF  peiz  pitch,  F.  poix.  See  {Pitch}  a  black  substance.] 
  (Naut.) 
  To  cover,  as  bottom  of  a  vessel,  a  seam,  a  spar,  etc.,  with 
  tar  or  pitch,  or  waterproof  composition  of  tallow,  resin, 
  etc.;  to  smear. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pay  \Pay\  (p[=a]),  v.  i. 
  To  give  a  recompense;  to  make  payment,  requital,  or 
  satisfaction;  to  discharge  a  debt. 
 
  The  wicked  borroweth  and  payeth  not  again  --Ps. 
  xxxvii  21. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  make  or  secure  suitable  return  for  expense  or 
  trouble;  to  be  remunerative  or  profitable;  to  be  worth  the 
  effort  or  pains  required;  as  it  will  pay  to  ride;  it  will 
  pay  to  wait;  politeness  always  pays. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pay  \Pay\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paid};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Paying}.]  [OE.  paien,  F.  payer,  fr  L.  pacare  to  pacify, 
  appease,  fr  pax,  pacis,  peace.  See  {Peace}.] 
  1.  To  satisfy,  or  content;  specifically,  to  satisfy  (another 
  person)  for  service  rendered,  property  delivered,  etc.;  to 
  discharge  one's  obligation  to  to  make  due  return  to  to 
  compensate;  to  remunerate;  to  recompense;  to  requite;  as 
  to  pay  workmen  or  servants. 
 
  May  no  penny  ale  them  pay  [i.  e.,  satisfy].  --P. 
  Plowman. 
 
  [She]  pays  me  with  disdain.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Hence  figuratively:  To  compensate  justly;  to  requite 
  according  to  merit;  to  reward;  to  punish;  to  retort  or 
  retaliate  upon 
 
  For  which  or  pay  me  quickly,  or  I'll  pay  you  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  3.  To  discharge,  as  a  debt,  demand,  or  obligation,  by  giving 
  or  doing  what  is  due  or  required;  to  deliver  the  amount  or 
  value  of  to  the  person  to  whom  it  is  owing;  to  discharge  a 
  debt  by  delivering  (money  owed).  ``Pay  me  that  thou 
  owest.''  --Matt.  xviii.  28. 
 
  Have  patience  with  me  and  I  will  pay  thee  all 
  --Matt.  xviii. 
  26. 
 
  If  they  pay  this  tax,  they  starve.  --Tennyson. 
 
  4.  To  discharge  or  fulfill,  as  a  duy;  to  perform  or  render 
  duty,  as  that  which  has  been  promised. 
 
  This  day  have  I  paid  my  vows.  --Prov.  vii. 
  14. 
 
  5.  To  give  or  offer,  without  an  implied  obligation;  as  to 
  pay  attention;  to  pay  a  visit. 
 
  Not  paying  me  a  welcome.  --Shak. 
 
  {To  pay  off}. 
  a  To  make  compensation  to  and  discharge;  as  to  pay  off 
  the  crew  of  a  ship. 
  b  To  allow  (a  thread,  cord,  etc.)  to  run  off  to  unwind. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pay 
  n  :  something  that  remunerates;  "wages  were  paid  by  check";  "he 
  wasted  his  pay  on  drink";  "they  saved  a  quarter  of  all 
  their  earnings"  [syn:  {wage},  {earnings},  {remuneration}, 
  {salary}] 
  v  1:  give  money  in  exchange  for  goods  or  services;  "I  paid  four 
  dollars  for  this  sandwich";  "Pay  the  waitress,  please" 
  2:  convey,  as  of  a  compliment,  regards,  attention,  etc.; 
  bestow;  "Don't  pay  him  any  mind";  "give  the  orders";  "Give 
  him  my  best  regards";  "pay  attention"  [syn:  {give}] 
  3:  cancel  or  discharge  a  debt;  "pay  up  please!"  [syn:  {pay  up}, 
  {ante  up}]  [ant:  {default}] 
  4:  do  or  give  something  to  somebody  in  return;  "Does  she  pay 
  you  for  the  work  you  are  doing?"  [syn:  {pay  off},  {make  up}, 
  {compensate}] 
  5:  render;  "pay  a  visit";  "pay  a  call" 
  6:  bear  (a  cost  or  penalty),  in  recompense  for  some  action 
  "You'll  pay  for  this!";  "She  had  to  pay  the  penalty  for 
  speaking  out  rashly";  "You'll  pay  for  this  opinion  later" 
  7:  bring  in  as  of  investments;  "interest-bearing  accounts"; 
  "How  much  does  this  savings  certificate  pay  annually?" 
  [syn:  {yield},  {bear}] 
  8:  be  worth  it  "It  pays  to  go  through  the  trouble" 
  9:  as  in  the  expressions  "give  thought  to";  "give  priority  to", 
  etc  [syn:  {give},  {devote}] 
  10:  discharge  or  settle;  "pay  a  debt";  "pay  an  obligation" 
  11:  make  a  compensation  for  "a  favor  that  cannot  be  paid  back" 




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