pay
To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Verb 4 meanings
To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
“pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card”
To deposit into an account.
“I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.”
To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
“to pay compensation, to pay a fine”
To be profitable; to be worth it.
“It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.”
Noun 1 meaning
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
“Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.”
Adjective 2 meanings
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
“pay television”
Etymology
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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PAY at a glance
PAY has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + Y 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #367 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pay
All rhymes- REPAY10
- SPAY9
- OVERPAY15
- PREPAY13
- COPAY12
- UNDERPAY14
- BACKPAY20
- UNPAY10
- APAY9
- APPAY12
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