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How to pronounce pay in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ante up, pay up
Has types liquidate, pay off
Derivation payment


pay up, please!.
Type Words
Synonyms devote, give
Type of cogitate, think, cerebrate
Verb group give, sacrifice


pay attention to.
Type Words
Synonyms give
Type of intercommunicate, communicate
Has types offer, extend


Don't pay him any mind.
pay attention.
Type Words
Synonyms compensate, make up, pay off
Type of settle
Derivation payee, payer


Does she pay you for the work you are doing?.
Type Words
Synonyms earnings, remuneration, salary, wage
Type of regular payment
Has types minimum wage, living wage, half-pay, sick pay, double time, merit pay, found, take-home pay, strike pay, pay packet, pay envelope, combat pay


he wasted his pay on drink.
Type Words
Synonyms bear, yield
Type of clear, realize, realise, make, bring in, pull in, take in, earn, gain
Has types net, clear, pay off


How much does this savings certificate pay annually?.
Type Words
Type of suffer, support, bear, tolerate, endure, brook, put up, abide, stick out, stomach, digest, stand
Has types take one's lumps, get one's lumps
Derivation payer


You'll pay for this!.
She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly.
You'll pay for this opinion later.
Type Words
Type of be


It pays to go through the trouble.
Type Words
Type of settle
Has types pay up, ante up
Derivation payment, payer


pay a debt.
pay an obligation.
Type Words
Type of give
Has types underpay, bribe, buy, charge, compensate, contribute, corrupt, defray, disburse, drop, expend, finance, foot, give back, go dutch, grease one's palms, indemnify, kick back, overpay, pay cash, pay off, pay out, pick, prefer, prepay, put up, recompense, redeem, refund, remit, remunerate, repair, repay, return, spend, subsidise, subsidize, tithe
Derivation payment, payee, payer
Type Words
Type of requite, repay
Verb group get, pay off, pay back, fix
Type Words
Type of make


pay a visit.
pay a call.

Examples of pay

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His own preference is to hire younger officers trained up from a lower pay rate.
From the dailyherald.com
In-district students would pay $85 per credit hour, compared to the current $80.
From the stltoday.com
In that event, new teachers wouldn't help pay off the pensions already promised.
From the stltoday.com
Users there pay a $25 monthly fee, or $149 annually, to use lockers and showers.
From the stltoday.com
There are 23 different types of taxes that the Cardinals and our affiliates pay.
From the stltoday.com
Let's hope the Edson Barboza fight is for real, and makes the pay-per-view card.
From the newsday.com
It may be a great idea to privatize ALL the schools on LI and let the users pay.
From the newsday.com
Voters agreed last spring to pay 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value.
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In effect, workers will pay medical inflation costs if they exceed expectations.
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More examples
  • Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
  • Wage: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
  • Give: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
  • Pay up: cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"
  • Yield: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
  • Do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
  • A payment is the transfer of wealth from one party (such as a person or company) to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation.
  • In France, a pays is an area whose inhabitants share common geographical, economic, cultural, or social interests, who have a right to enter into communal planning contracts under a law known as the Loi Pasqua or LOADT (Loi d'Orientation pour l'Amu00E9nagement et le Du00E9veloppement du Territoire; English: Directive law concerning territorial planning and development), which took effect on February 4, 1
  • Paid may refer to several films: *Paid (1930 film), starring Joan Crawford *Paid (2006 film), a 2006 Dutch film