pay
/peɪ/ verb C2- To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
He/she/it pays · Past payed · Past participle payed · -ing form paying
Verb forms
- Base form
- pay
- He/she/it
- pays
- Past
- payed
- Past participle
- payed
- -ing form
- paying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- pay back To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire...
- pay down To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing f...
- pay forward To propagate goodwill by helping another person in turn, ...
- pay off To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- pay out To distribute money; to disburse.
- pay up To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the ...
From the library
A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare.
But,” said Caderousse, again smiling with the disagreeable expression he had before assumed, “you must pay for it—you understand?”
A THIEF hired a room in a tavern and stayed a while in the hope of stealing something which should enable him to pay his reckoning.
He reminded me of it, telling me if I did not pay for you, he would be paid by M.
Other matches
- pay To give money or other compensation to in excha... A1
- pay Money given in return for work A1
- pay Operable or accessible on deposit of coins. C2
- pay back To pay
- pay down To partially repay
- pay forward To propagate goodwill by helping another person...
- pay off To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- pay out To distribute money
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