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pay 1
(pā)v. paid (pād), pay·ing, pays
v.tr.
1. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered: pay the cashier.
2. To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.
3. To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation): paying taxes; paid the bill.
4. To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense: She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.
5. To yield as a return: a savings plan that paid six percent interest.
6. To afford an advantage to; profit: It paid us to be generous.
7. To give or bestow: paying compliments; paying attention.
8. To make (a visit or call).
9. Past tense and past participle paid or payed (pād) To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.
v.intr.
1. To give money in exchange for goods or services.
2. To discharge a debt or obligation.
3. To bear a cost or penalty in recompense: You'll pay for this mischief!
4. To be profitable or worthwhile: It doesn't pay to get angry.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
2. Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.
3. Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act of paying or state of being paid.
2. Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
3.
a. Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.
b. Retribution or punishment.
4. Paid employment: the workers in our pay.
5. A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
pay back
1. To pay or return (what is owed as a debt).
2. To repay (a person who is owed a debt).
3. To give recompense to; reward: How can we ever pay you back for what you've done for us?
4. To reciprocate; return: pay back a kindness.
5. To retaliate against or get revenge upon.
pay down
To reduce (a debt) through payment.
pay off
1. To pay the full amount on (a debt).
2. To result in profit or advantage; succeed: Your efforts will eventually pay off.
3. To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.
4. To pay (a plaintiff) to settle a lawsuit out of court.
5. To bribe.
6. Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
pay out
1. To give (money) out; spend.
2. To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.
pay up
Idioms: To give over the full monetary amount demanded.
pay (one's) dues
To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering: She paid her dues in small-town theaters before being cast in a Broadway play.
pay (one's) way
To contribute one's own share; pay for oneself.
pay the piper
To bear the consequences of something.
pay through the nose Informal
To pay excessively.
[Middle English paien, from Old French paiier, from Late Latin pācāre, to appease, from Latin, to pacify, subdue, from pāx, pāc-, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
pay 2
(pā)tr.v. payed or paid (pād), pay·ing, pays
To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
[Obsolete French peier, from Old French, from Latin picāre, from pix, pic-, pitch.]
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pay back
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to retaliate against: to pay someone back for an insult.
2. to give or do (something equivalent) in return for a favour, insult, etc
3. (Banking & Finance) to repay (a loan)
n
4. (Banking & Finance)
a. the return on an investment
b. Also called: payback period the time taken for a project to cover its outlay
5.
a. something done in order to gain revenge
b. (as modifier): payback killings.
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| Verb | 1. | pay back - act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions |
| 2. | pay back - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" get back, get even - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even" pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back" |
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pay
verb1. To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered:
2. To give compensation to:
3. To distribute (money) as payment.Also used with out:
4. To set right by giving what is due.Off or up:
5. To make as income or profit:
6. To give a satisfactory return to:
pay back
phrasal verb
pay off
1. To exact revenge for or from:
Informal: fix.
Archaic: wreak.
Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind, settle accounts, take an eye for an eye.
2. Informal. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to:
Idiom: grease someone's palm.
Payment for work done:
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Translations
يُسَدِّدُيُعاقِب، يَرُدُّ عَلىيُعيد المال، يُسَدِّد
splatitodplatit
betale tilbagegive igengøre gengæld
maksaa takaisin
vratiti novac
borga til bakaborga til baka, hegna fyrir
払い戻す
변제하다
betala tillbaka
จ่ายคืน
hoàn trả
w>pay back
vt sep
money → zurückzahlen; when do you want me to pay you back? → wann willst du das Geld wiederhaben?; pay me back when you like → zahls or gibs mir zurück, wenn du willst
compliment, visit → erwidern; insult, trick → sich revanchieren für; to pay somebody back → es jdm heimzahlen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pay
(pei) – past tense, past participle paid – verb1. to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc. He paid $5 for the book.
2. to return (money that is owed). It's time you paid your debts.
3. to suffer punishment (for). You'll pay for that remark!
4. to be useful or profitable (to). Crime doesn't pay.
5. to give (attention, homage, respect etc). Pay attention!; to pay one's respects.
noun money given or received for work etc; wages. How much pay do you get?
ˈpayable adjective which may be or must be paid. The account is payable at the end of the month.
payˈee noun a person to whom money is (to be) paid.
ˈpayment noun1. money etc paid. The TV can be paid for in ten weekly payments.
2. the act of paying. He gave me a book in payment for my kindness.
ˈpay-packet noun an envelope containing a person's wages. The manager handed out the pay-packets.
ˈpay-roll noun1. a list of all the workers in a factory etc. We have 450 people on the pay-roll.
2. the total amount of money to be paid to all the workers. The thieves stole the pay-roll.
pay back1. to give back (to someone something that one has borrowed). I'll pay you back as soon as I can.
2. to punish. I'll pay you back for that!
pay off1. to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed. Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.
2. to have good results. His hard work paid off.
pay up to give (money) to someone, eg in order to pay a debt. You have three days to pay up (= You must pay up within three days).
put paid to to prevent a person from doing (something he planned or wanted to do). The rain put paid to our visit to the zoo.
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pay back
→ يُسَدِّدُ splatit betale tilbage zurückzahlen ξεπληρώνω reintegrar maksaa takaisin rembourser vratiti novac ripagare 払い戻す 변제하다 terugbetalen betale tilbake spłacić pagar de volta, restituir возвращать деньги betala tillbaka จ่ายคืน geri ödemek hoàn trả 偿还Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009