Definition of pay

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Pay (n.) 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..

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Tollable :: Tollable (a.) Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods..
Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..
Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..
Unpay :: Unpay (v. t.) To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To send money, as in payment..
Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..
Satisfy :: Satisfy (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Foryelde :: Foryelde (v. t.) To repay; to requite.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Requite :: Requite (v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish..
Reanswer :: Reanswer (v. t. & i.) To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.
Acceptilation :: Acceptilation (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Dunner :: Dunner (n.) One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
Gildale :: Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved..
Run :: Run (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on..
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
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