pay
pay is a 3-letter English word with 22 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
- transitive verb. 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).
- transitive verb. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
- transitive verb. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
- intransitive verb. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
- intransitive verb. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
- noun. Satisfaction; content.
- noun. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
- noun. something that remunerates
"wages were paid by check"
"he wasted his pay on drink"
- verb. dedicate
"give thought to"
"give priority to"
- verb. bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
"You'll pay for this!"
"She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"
- verb. convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
"Don't pay him any mind"
"give the orders"
- verb. give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
"I paid four dollars for this sandwich"
"Pay the waitress, please"
- verb. cancel or discharge a debt
"pay up, please!"
- verb. discharge or settle
"pay a debt"
"pay an obligation"
- verb. do or give something to somebody in return
"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
- verb. bring in
"interest-bearing accounts"
"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
- verb. make a compensation for
"a favor that cannot be paid back"
- verb. render
"pay a visit"
"pay a call"
- verb. be worth it
"It pays to go through the trouble"
Synonyms
earnings, remuneration, salary, wage, devote, give, compensate, bear, yield
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pay:
Common word forms
pays, payed, payen, payer, paying, payable, payment
Words from these letters
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