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  Pay \Pay\, v. t. [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.
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              May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.
                                                    Plowman.
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              [She] pays me with disdain.           --Dryden.
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     2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite
        according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
        retaliate upon.
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              For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.
                                                    Jonson.
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     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.
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              Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                    --Matt. xviii.
                                                    26.
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              If they pay this tax, they starve.    --Tennyson.
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     4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
        duty, as that which has been promised.
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              This day have I paid my vows.         --Prov. vii.
                                                    14.
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     5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
        pay attention; to pay a visit.
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              Not paying me a welcome.              --Shak.
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     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.
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  Pay \Pay\, v. t. [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.

  paying
       adj 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]

  paying
     n.
     payment
     vb.
     (present participle of en pay nocat=1)

  paying
     n.
     payment
     vb.
     (present participle of en pay nocat=1)

  paying
     n.
     payment
     vb.
     (present participle of en pay nocat=1)

  paying
     n.
     payment
     vb.
     (present participle of en pay nocat=1)

  paying
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p ay ing)

  paying
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en pay ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb pay)

  Paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  الدفع

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/ 
  vyplácející

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/ 
  výnosný

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/ 
  výhodný

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/ 
  placení

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  abbauwürdig, bauwürdig, abbaufähig  [min.]
           Note: Lagerstätte
     Synonyms: minable/mineable, workable, worthy of being mined/worked
  
   see: unworkable, workable bed
  

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  begleichend
     Synonym: settling
  
   see: settle, pay, settled, paid
  

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  bezahlend, zahlend
   see: pay, paid, It's on me!
  

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  sich lohnend, lohnenswert seiend
     Synonyms: being worth, being worthwhile, being worth one's while
  
   see: be worth, be worthwhile, be worth one's while, pay, been worth, been worthwhile, been worth one's while, paid, Is it worth it?, The film's worth seeing., Is it even worthwhile to continue struggling with it?
  

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  sich rentierend, Nutzen abwerfend
     Synonyms: yielding a profit, bringing a return, giving good returns
  
   see: yield a profit, bring a return, give good returns, pay, yielded a profit, brought a return, given good returns, paid
  

  paying /pˈeɪɪŋ/
  plaćanje, plaćao, posvećivao

  
/ˈpeɪɪŋ/

  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
  
  

  a. 支付的,有利的,合算的;
  n. 付款;

     a. 支付的,有利的,合算的
     n. 付款