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Definition of Pay
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Pay
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. 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. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. 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). To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. 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. Satisfaction; content. 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. Related Definitions:
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Pay Quotations
I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to. Gillian Anderson Value is what people are willing to pay for it. John Naisbitt Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for it. Katherine Whitehorn I would pay to do what I do if I had to. David McCullough Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy |
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Pay Translations
pay in Afrikaans is betaal pay in Danish is betale pay in Dutch is storten, betalen, uitbetalen, dokken pay in Finnish is maksaa pay in French is payent, payez, faire un versement, payer, payons pay in German is bezahle, bezahlen, bezahlen pay in Italian is stipendio, liquidare, pagare pay in Latin is merces mercedis pay in Norwegian is betale pay in Portuguese is pagamento, pagar pay in Spanish is pagar, acreditar |
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