Pay

Quick meaning: Pay is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
2. (transitive) To be profitable for.
3. (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
4. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
5. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
6. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
7. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.

Example Sentences

How much will the job pay?

she offered to pay the bill

he has paid his debt to society

he paid him to clean the place up

Word Forms

• pays
• paying
• payed
• payest
• payedst
• payeth

Synonyms for pay

Depending on context, synonyms include ante up, defray, expend, imburse, lay out, quit.

Antonyms for pay

Common opposites include buy, earn, default, levant, repudiate, steal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include remuneration, ante up, earnings, salary, pay off, wage.

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