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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pay \Pay\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.]
1. 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.
May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P. Plowman.
[She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden.
2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B. Jonson.
3. 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). ''Pay me that thou owest.'' --Matt. xviii. 28.
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. --Matt. xviii. 26.
If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson.
4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii. 14.
5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
Not paying me a welcome. --Shak.
{To pay off}. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.
{To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior.
{To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under {Cable}.
{To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paying
adjective
1: yielding a fair profit [syn: {gainful}, {paid}]
2: for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" [syn: {compensable}, {paying(a)}, {remunerative}, {salaried}, {stipendiary}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "paying": acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, advantageous, amortization, amortizement, banausic, binder, breadwinning, cash, cash payment, clearance, compensating, compensative, compensatory, debt service, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, fat, gainful, good, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan, interest payment, liquidation, lucrative, moneymaking, monthly payments, never-never, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, prepayment, productive, profitable, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments, remittance, remunerative, reparative, repaying, retirement, retributive, retributory, rewardful, rewarding, satisfaction, satisfying, settlement, sinking-fund payment, solvent, sound, spot cash, weekly payments, well-paying, worthwhile
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