The process of compensating a party for the delivery of goods or services....
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 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.
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.
money earned by employees for work performed, in the form of wages or salary.
To compensate someone for something. Or gross salary. see also ability to pay, back pay, severance pay, take-home pay.
To punish, especially with the stick
something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"
render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"
be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"
discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
Payment for labour or services to an employee, especially remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis or by the piece.
Payment for work.The total amount earnt is called gross pay and the total amount earnt minus deductions (eg tax) is called net pay. See also: Salary;Wage
To compensate, reimburse, or satisfy an obligation by giving over something of value, such as money.... read full article
A word used to describe gold-bearing gravel that returns wages or better to the miner.