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გამოთქმა: /peɪ/

განმარტებულია pay სიტყვის თარგმნა სინონიმები

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Universal
  • the money paid to someone for regular work:an entitlement to sickness pay

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [with object] give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred: [with object and infinitive]:the traveller paid a guide to show him across [no object]:I’ll pay for your ticket
  • give (a sum of money) in exchange for goods or work done or to settle a debt:the company was rumoured to have paid 450p a share [with two objects]:they paid him an annual retainer
  • hand over or transfer the amount due of (a debt, wages, etc.) to someone:I always prefer to pay all my bills by cheque
  • (of work, an investment, etc.) provide someone with (a sum of money):jobs that pay £5 an hour
  • [no object] (of a business, activity, or an attitude) be profitable or advantageous:crime doesn’t pay [with infinitive]:it pays to choose varieties carefully
  • 2 [no object] suffer a misfortune as a consequence of an action:the destroyer would have to pay with his life
  • 3 [with two objects] give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to (someone):no one paid them any attention
  • make (a visit or call) to (someone):she has been prevailed upon to pay us a visit
  • [with object] give what is due or deserved to:it was his way of paying out Maguire for giving him the push

he who pays the piper calls the tune

proverb the person who provides the money for something has the right to determine how it’s spent.

in the pay of

employed by: mercenaries in the pay of one or other of the competing local rulers

pay attention

see attention.

pay one's compliments

see compliment.

pay court to

see court.

pay dearly

obtain something at a high cost or great effort: his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast
suffer for a misdemeanour or failure:they paid dearly for wasting goalscoring opportunities

pay one's dues

see due.

pay for itself

(of a thing) earn or save enough money to cover the cost of its purchase: the best insulation will pay for itself in less than a year

pay it forward

respond to a person’s kindness to oneself by being kind to someone else:I will take the support I have had and try to pay it forward whenever I can

pay its (or one's) way

(of an enterprise or person) earn enough to cover its or one’s costs: some students are paying their way through college

pay one's last respects

show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral.

pay one's respects

make a polite visit to someone:we went to pay our respects to the head lama

pay through the nose

informal pay much more than a fair price: they paid through the nose for one-to-one intensive tuition

you pays your money and you takes your choice

informal used to convey that there is little to choose between one alternative and another.

pay someone back

repay a loan to someone: a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back
take revenge on someone:he had left him out to pay him back for stealing his wife

pay something back

repay a loan to someone: the money should be paid back with interest [with two objects]:they did pay me back the money

pay something in

pay money into a bank account: this statement may include cheques that you’ve recently paid in

pay off

informal (of a course of action) yield good results; succeed:all the hard work I had done over the summer paid off

pay someone off

dismiss someone with a final payment:when directors are fired, they should not be lavishly paid off

pay something off

pay a debt in full: I’ve saved up enough to pay off my mortgage

pay something out (or pay out)

  • 1pay a large sum of money from funds under one’s control: she had to pay out £300 for treatment
  • 2let out (a rope) by slackening it:I began paying out the nylon line

pay up (or pay something up)

pay a debt in full:you’ve got ninety days to pay up the principal

payer

noun

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