Category:Pay

Pay, v. t. Etym: [of. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, i pitch: cf. Of. Peiz pitch, f. poix. See pitch a black substance.] (naut.)

Defn: 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.

Pay Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid; p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] Etym: [oe. Paien, f. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, Peace. See peace.]

1. 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. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. P. Plowman. [she] pays me with disdain. Dryden.

2. Hence, figuratively: to compensate justly; to requite according to Merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or i'll pay you. B. Jonson.

3. 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). "pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and i will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. Tennyson.

4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as That which has been promised. This day have i paid my vows. Prov. vii. 14.

5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay Attention; to pay a visit. Not paying me a welcome. Shak. To pay off. (a) to make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off The crew of a ship. (b) to allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; To unwind. -- to pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other Superior. -- to pay out (naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to Run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under cable. -- to pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [colloq.]

Pay Pay, v. i.

Defn: to give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or Satisfaction; to discharge a debt. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21.

2. 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. To pay for. (a) to make amends for; to atone for; as, Men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, Sometimes with life. (b) to give an equivalent for; to bear the Expense of; to be mulcted on account of. 't was i paid for your sleeps; i watched your wakings. Beau. & fl. -- to pay off. Etym: [etymol. uncertain.] (naut.) To fall to leeward, As the head of a vessel under sail. -- to pay on. Etym: [etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to Redouble blows. [colloq.] -- to pay round etym: [etymol. uncertain.] (naut.) To turn the ship's head.

Pay Pay, n.

1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer.

2. 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. Where only merit constant pay receives. Pope. There is neither pay nor plunder to be got. L'estrange. Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; Especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military Officers of a certain rank, without deductions. -- half pay. See under half. -- pay day, the day of settlement of accounts. -- pay dirt (mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [western u.s.] -- pay office, a place where payment is made. -- pay roll, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the Amounts due.