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• pay a person out — pay someone compensation, pay someone a reimbursement …   English contemporary dictionary

• pay — 1 /peI/ verb past tense and past participle paid /peId/ 1 GIVE MONEY (I, T) to give someone money for something you have bought, or for something they have done for you: They ran off without paying. | Didn t pay em a penny, just asked em to do it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pay*/*/*/ — [peɪ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [peɪd] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to give money in order to buy something Let me pay for dinner.[/ex] Will you be paying by cash, cheque, or credit card?[/ex] Can I pay in dollars?[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pay off — verb 1. yield a profit or result (Freq. 4) His efforts finally paid off • Hypernyms: ↑yield, ↑pay, ↑bear • Verb Frames: Something s 2. eliminate by paying off ( …   Useful english dictionary

• pay — I. /peɪ / (say pay) verb (paid, paying) –verb (t) 1. to discharge (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by giving or doing something. 2. to give (money, etc.) as in discharge of debt or obligation. 3. to satisfy the claims of (a person, etc.) as by… …  

• pay — 1. verb 1) I must pay him for his work Syn: reward, reimburse, recompense, remunerate 2) I paid £7 for a ticket Syn: spend, pay out; informal lay out, shell out, fork out, cough up; …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• pay attention — {v. phr.} To listen to someone; hear and understand someone alertly. * / Pay attention, children! the teacher cried, Here is your homework for next week! / …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pay attention — {v. phr.} To listen to someone; hear and understand someone alertly. * / Pay attention, children! the teacher cried, Here is your homework for next week! / …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pay\ attention — v. phr. To listen to someone; hear and understand someone alertly. Pay attention, children! the teacher cried, Here is your homework for next week! …   Словарь американских идиом

• pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… …   English World dictionary

• pay — ► VERB (past and past part. paid) 1) give (someone) money due for work, goods, or an outstanding debt. 2) give (a sum of money) thus owed. 3) be profitable or advantageous: crime doesn t pay. 4) suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an… …   English terms dictionary