Pay
//peɪ//
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The word "pay" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adjective.
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PayPal ability to pay autopay back pay base pay basic pay beyond one's pay grade borrow from Peter to pay Paul buy and pay for combat pay consent or pay copay copay crime doesn't pay danger pay dead-pay devil to pay equal pay equal pay for equal work for-pay forepay gay for pay gross pay half pay hand pay hazard pay hell to pay high-paying holiday pay if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys in the pay of isolation pay low-paying midpay min pay mispay net pay not pay any mind outpay overpay pay TV pay a visit pay advice pay and display pay attention pay back in someone's own coin pay by bank pay check pay cheque pay cut pay day pay dearly pay dirt pay dividends pay down pay for pay for itself pay for one's whistle pay for play pay freeze pay gap pay good money after bad pay grade pay heed pay homage to pay home pay it forward pay nature's debt pay no heed pay no mind pay off old scores pay office pay one's addresses pay one's debt to society pay one's last respects pay one's own freight pay or okay pay or play pay overs pay packet pay per play pay phone pay pig pay piggy pay raise pay rise pay someone's way pay spine pay stub pay table pay television pay the debt of nature pay the fiddler pay the price pay the rent pay the ultimate price pay through the nose pay to play pay to stay pay to win pay toilet pay towards pay train pay train pay train pay what you want pay with one's life pay-and-display pay-as-you-eat pay-as-you-go pay-by-wave pay-in slip pay-neutral pay-per-click pay-per-install pay-per-view pay-to-play pay-to-stay pay-to-win payable payband paybill paybook paybox paycheck paycheque payday payee payer paygrade payless payline paylist payload paymaster payment paymeter paymistress paynight payola payor payphone paypig paypoint payraise payrise payroll payrun payscale paysheet paysite payslip paystreak paythrough paytriot paywall payware pitch and pay play or pay postpay prepay press F to pay respects procure to pay purchase to pay repay repay rob Peter to pay Paul say on pay separation pay severance pay short-pay sick pay surpay take or pay take-home pay take-or-pay the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready underpay unpay you get what you pay for
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BNPL ante bribe disburse fund invest pay as you earn pay back pay down pay forward pay in pay off pay one's dues pay one's own way pay one's respects pay one's way pay out pay respect pay the bills pay the freight pay the penalty pay the piper pay up pay-to-view reimburse repay settle splurge squander
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action agreement attraction back bill bills boss buy buying buying things cash cash credit cash register check checkout company company compensation compensate compensation cost credit currency currency exchange debt done earn earned earned income earned money earning earnings earnings wages employee employee money employment employment compensation exchange exchange money exchanging expense fee financial financial transaction for work fortnightly from boss from job from work fulfill fulfill cost getting getting money getting something give give cash give fee give money give wages giving giving money giving salary income insufficient involved job job check job compensation job salary merchandise monetary monetary attraction monetary reward money money back money exchange money exchanging money for money giving money involved money out money owed money transaction monies monies owed out owed pitch profitable purchase purchasing receiving receiving money register relieve relieve debt remit remit money remittance remunerate remuneration render render money resin reward reward work salary send send money settle settle bill settle bills shelling shelling out smear spending spending money store store checkout tallow tar tender tender money transaction transactions use use money using using money usually usually insufficient value wage wages waterproof weekend weekend money weekly weekly check weekly money weekly salary when when buying work work check work done work for work money you earn
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