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What does the word pay mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To render an equivalent to, as for property or service.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To satisfy, as a claim.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To expend, as money; deliver; hand over.

Part of speech: verb

To render compensation; yield adequate return.

Part of speech: noun

Something rendered as an equivalent for property, labor, or loss; requital; reward; compensation.

Usage examples for pay

I've been all my life trying to pay off, but have made little progress. – Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
If you're Mrs. Golden, I want to know why you don't pay me that money? – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Laura Lee Hope
Lor', if I don't pay you out for this! – Erema My Father's Sin by R. D. Blackmore