Meaning

10 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

    pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card

    pay in dollars/euros, etc.

    bezahlen, zahlen, zale

    плати́тьplatítʹ, заплати́тьzaplatítʹ, опла́чиватьopláčivatʹ

    плати́тиplatýty, заплати́тиzaplatýty

    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To deposit into an account.

    I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.

  3. (ambitransitive)To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

    to pay compensation, to pay a fine

    She offered to pay the bill.

    sich lohnen

    окупа́тьсяokupátʹsja, окупи́тьсяokupítʹsja

    cancel or discharge a debt

  4. (intransitive, transitive)To be profitable; to be worth it.

    It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.

    Crime doesn’t pay.

    be worth it

  5. (intransitive)To cover, as a cost.

    Those investments paid for her college education.

    bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

  6. (transitive)To yield as a benefit.

    to pay dividends; to pay interest

    You will get paid from this investment yearly.

  7. (transitive)To give (something else than money).

    to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit

    schenken, gebühren

    уделя́тьudeljátʹ, удели́тьudelítʹ

    do or give something to somebody in return

  8. (intransitive)To suffer consequences, especially justly.

    He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.

  9. (transitive)To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

  10. (transitive)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.

Examples

7602 sentences

  1. Can I pay by credit card?

    Чи можна платити кредитною карткою?

    ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой?

    deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen?

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  2. You must pay attention to him.

    Ти повинен звертати на нього увагу.

    ruТы должен обращать на него внимание.

    deDu musst ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenken.

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  3. You shouldn't have paid the bill.

    Тобі не слід було сплачувати цей рахунок.

    ruТебе не стоило платить по этому счету.

    deDu hättest die Rechnung nicht zahlen sollen.

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  4. I'd like to pay in cash.

    Я б хотів заплатити готівкою.

    ruЯ бы хотел заплатить наличными.

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  5. Did you pay for the book?

    Ти заплатив за книгу?

    ruВы заплатили за книгу?

    deHast du das Buch bezahlt?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to give money in exchange for goods or services:
Русский
By meaning 3
to give money in exchange for goods or services:
to be profitable — see also pay off:
to give (e.g. attention):
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to give money in exchange for goods or services:
to be profitable — see also pay off:
to give (e.g. attention):

Origin

From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to

From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.

From Old French peier, from Latin picāre (“to cover with pitch”).

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Forms

pays, paying, paid, paid
Base formpay · to pay
3rd person singularpays
Present participlepaying
Past simplepaid / payed
Past participlepaid / payed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypay
he, she, itpays

Past simpleLesson

all personspaid

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave paid
he, she, ithas paid

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pay

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

30 synonyms
repayB1yieldB2returnA2quitA2spendA1pay offpay outante upcough updefraydo the needfulexpendfoot the billfork out
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms
buyA1earnA2defaultlevantrepudiatestealA2welshdischargeB2waive

Word family

41 related words
Relatedplunkpaymentpayeepayer
DerivedrepayB1forepayhigh-payinglow-payingmispayoutpayoverpaypayablepay-as-you-eatpay-as-you-gopay attentionpay-by-wavepay dearlypay dirtpay dividendspay downpay-for-delaypay heedpay homepay-in slippayolapayorpay overspay-per-click

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pay attention
  • pay the bill
  • pay attention to
  • to pay for
  • have to pay
  • get paid
  • pay more attention
  • pay his rent
  • paid for the
  • wasn't paying attention
  • pay for this
  • pay any attention

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pawnpawnbrokerB2pawnshopB2payablepaybackpaycheck
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