pay
English
/peɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English payen derived from Old French paiier (pay) derived from Latin pācāre, pacare, paco (pacify).
Origin
Latin
pacare, paco
Gloss
pacify
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- PayPal English
- autopay English
- autopayment English
- back English
- backpay English
- billpayer English
- billpaying English
- book English
- copay English
- copayer English
- copayment English
- cyberpayment English
- day English
- down English
- e-payment English
- e-payroll English
- farepayer English
- feepayer English
- feepaying English
- forepay English
- forepayment English
- grade English
- inpayment English
- line English
- load English
- master English
- meter English
- micropayment English
- mispay English
- mispayment English
- mistress English
- multipayer English
- multipayload English
- multipayment English
- night English
- nonpaid English
- nonpayee English
- nonpayer English
- nonpaying English
- nonpayment English
- nonpayroll English
- off English
- out English
- outpay English
- outpayment English
- overpay English
- overpayer English
- overpayment English
- paid English
- paidest English
- pal English
- pay table English
- pay-off English
- payability English
- payable English
- payably English
- payback English
- paybook English
- payday English
- paydown English
- payee English
- payeeship English
- payen English
- payer English
- payest English
- payeth English
- paygrade English
- paying English
- payless English
- paylessness English
- payline English
- payload English
- paymaster English
- payment English
- paymeter English
- paymistress English
- paynight English
- payout English
- payphone English
- paypig English
- paypoint English
- payraise English
- payrise English
- payroll English
- payrollee English
- payroller English
- payrun English
- payscale English
- paysheet English
- paysite English
- payslip English
- paystreak English
- paythrough English
- paywall English
- paywalled English
- payware English
- phone English
- pig English
- point English
- postpay English
- prepay English
- prepayable English
- prepayer English
- prepayment English
- raise English
- ratepayer English
- ratepaying English
- repaid English
- repayment English
- rise English
- roll English
- run English
- scale English
- sheet English
- site English
- slip English
- streak English
- surpay English
- table English
- taxpaid English
- taxpayer English
- taxpaying English
- taxpayment English
- telepayment English
- through English
- tithe-payer English
- tithepayer English
- underpaid English
- underpay English
- underpayer English
- underpayment English
- unpaid English
- unpay English
- unpayable English
- wall English
- well-paid English
- yield English
- pacare, paco Latin
- pacāre Latin
- pācāre Latin
- pācō, pācāre, paco Latin
- pacare Italian
- pagare Italian
- *geldaną Proto-Germanic
- forgieldan Old English
- ġieldan Old English
- payen Middle English
- paynye Middle English
- unpayen Middle English
- yelden Middle English
- yielden Middle English
- paiier Old French
- เปย์ Thai
- ildio Welsh
- pàigh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- payer Norman
- paguaj Albanian
- payer Middle French
- pemasta Tok Pisin
- paien xno
- pai Sranan Tongo
- paysa Sranan Tongo
- pal
- off
- out
- pig
- run
- day
- wall
- rise
- slip
- paid
- book
- down
- site
- back
- roll
- line
- load
- phone
- unpay
- raise
- table
- scale
- yield
- payee
- meter
- payen
- point
- sheet
- grade
- payer
- night
- copay
- mispay
- paypig
- outpay
- payday
- payest
- paying
- payeth
- payout
- surpay
- payrun
- master
- unpaid
- streak
- repaid
- prepay
- PayPal
- through
- payback
- copayer
- overpay
- taxpaid
- paysite
- backpay
- payslip
- payroll
- payware
- postpay
- payably
- nonpaid
- paydown
- payrise
- payload
- payline
- payless
- pay-off
- autopay
- payable
- payment
- paidest
- paybook
- paywall
- forepay
- paypoint
- mistress
- payraise
- feepayer
- payphone
- prepayer
- nonpayee
- paygrade
- nonpayer
- paymeter
- paysheet
- taxpayer
- underpay
- payscale
- paynight
- feepaying
- payrollee
- ratepayer
- underpaid
- overpayer
- e-payment
- copayment
- pay table
- paymaster
- inpayment
- paywalled
- well-paid
- e-payroll
- taxpaying
- payroller
- farepayer
- repayment
- billpayer
- paystreak
- nonpaying
- unpayable
- payeeship
- multipayer
- billpaying
- tithepayer
- underpayer
- paythrough
- payability
- taxpayment
- prepayment
- mispayment
- ratepaying
- outpayment
- nonpayroll
- prepayable
- nonpayment
- paymistress
- autopayment
- overpayment
- paylessness
- forepayment
- tithe-payer
- telepayment
- cyberpayment
- multipayment
- micropayment
- underpayment
- multipayload