Antonyms for pay
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Definition of pay
Origin :- c.1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from Old French paier "to pay, pay up" (12c., Modern French payer), from Latin pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (in Medieval Latin especially "satisfy a creditor"), literally "make peaceful," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in Medieval Latin and was attested in English by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in English by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Paid; paying.
- noun earnings from employment
- verb give money for goods, services
- verb be advantageous
- verb make amends
- verb profit, yield
- verb get revenge
- I have met a Mlle. Bines to whom I shall at once pay my addresses.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Often it happened that certain farmers could not pay their tax.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- If it will make you feel more independent, you may pay for your meals.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning—and ready to pay its full price.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- And he's promised to pay for the pinto, so that don't make him a crook.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- They had best take care he did not pay them in their own coin.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It takes a lifetime, Mr. Vavasor, to learn where to pay our taxes.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- For the easing of his soul, he asked me to pay the money to you as I passed.'
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They had reached at last the point of being unable to pay for their lodging.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He had nothing with which to pay rent; he had nowhere to move.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
Synonyms for pay
- adjust
- allowance
- answer
- atone
- avenge oneself
- bacon
- be profitable
- be punished
- be remunerative
- be worthwhile
- bear the cost
- bear the expense
- benefit
- bequeath
- bestow
- bread
- bring in
- chip in
- clear
- come through
- commission
- compensate
- compensation
- confer
- consideration
- cough up
- defray
- defrayment
- dig up
- disburse
- discharge
- emoluments
- extend
- fee
- foot
- foot the bill
- get even
- get just desserts
- grant
- hand over
- handle
- hire
- honor
- honorarium
- income
- indemnity
- kick back
- kick in
- liquidate
- make a return
- make money
- make payment
- make up for
- meed
- meet
- offer
- pay back
- pay dividends
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- pay out
- payment
- perquisite
- pittance
- plunk down
- prepay
- present
- proceeds
- produce
- proffer
- profit
- provide a living
- punish
- put up
- reciprocate
- reckoning
- recompensation
- recompense
- recoup
- redress
- refund
- reimburse
- reimbursement
- remit
- remunerate
- remuneration
- render
- reparation
- repay
- requital
- requite
- retaliate
- return
- reward
- salary
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- scale
- serve
- settle
- settle a score
- settlement
- show gain
- show profit
- square
- square things
- stake
- stipend
- stipendium
- suffer
- suffer consequences
- sweeten
- take care of
- take-home
- takings
- wage
- wages
- yield profit
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