English > pay: 12 senses > noun 1, possessionMeaning | Something that remunerates. |
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Example | "he wasted his pay on drink" |
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Synonyms | wage, earnings, remuneration, salary |
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Part of | payroll, paysheet | A list of employees and their salaries |
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Narrower | combat pay | Extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat |
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double time | A doubled wage (for working overtime) |
found | Food and lodging provided in addition to money |
half-pay | Reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time |
living wage | A wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
merit pay | Extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers) |
minimum wage | The lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay |
pay envelope, pay packet | wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner |
sick pay | wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave |
strike pay | money paid to strikers from union funds |
take-home pay | What is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc |
Broader | regular payment | A payment made at regular times |
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Spanish | asignación, estipendio, ganancias, jornal, nómina, paga, remuneración, retribución, salario, soldada, sueldo |
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Catalan | estipendi, honorari, jornal, paga, remuneració, retribució, salari, sou |
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Verbs | pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
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pay | bring in |
pay | do or give something to somebody in return |
pay | cancel or discharge a debt |
English > pay: 12 senses > verb 1, possessionMeaning | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something |
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Model | They pay him to write the letter |
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Example | "Pay the waitress, please" |
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Entailed by | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
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Narrower | bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence |
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charge | pay with a credit card |
compensate, recompense, remunerate | make payment to |
compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify | make amends for |
defray | bear the expenses of |
disburse, pay out | Expend, as from a fund |
finance | Obtain or provide money for |
foot, pick | pay for something |
go Dutch | Share expenses equally and split the cost of something |
kick back | pay a kickback |
overpay | pay too much |
pay cash | pay (for something) with cash |
prefer | Give preference to one creditor over another |
prepay | pay for something before receiving it |
put up, contribute | Provide |
redeem, pay off | pay off (loans or promissory notes) |
refund, return, repay, give back | pay back |
remit | Send (money) in payment |
spend, expend, drop | pay out |
subsidize, subsidise | Secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces |
tithe | pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church |
underpay | pay too little |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
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See also | fund | furnish money for |
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pay off | eliminate by paying off (debts) |
pay off | pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor |
pay off | pay off (loans or promissory notes) |
pay out | expend, as from a fund |
Spanish | abonar, cancelar, pagar, retribuir |
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Catalan | abonar, pagar, retribuir |
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Nouns | pay | something that remunerates |
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payee | a person to whom money is paid |
payer | a person who pays money for something |
payment | the act of paying money |
payment | a sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
English > pay: 12 senses > verb 9, cognitionMeaning | bear (a cost or penalty) , in recompense for some action. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Examples | - "You'll pay for this!"
- "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"
- "You'll pay for this opinion later"
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Narrower | take one's lumps, get one's lumps | Suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions |
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Broader | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up | put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
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Nouns | payer | a person who pays money for something |
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