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      pay
      noun
      Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
      A surname.
      A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.
      (countable, rare) A paying job; a paying concern.
      verb
      (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
      (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
      (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
      (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
      (transitive) To be profitable for.
      (transitive) To give (something else than money).
      (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
      (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
      (nautical, 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.
      adjective
      Pertaining to or requiring payment.
      Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
      Roots
      paxpay- · Latin · peace
      Synonyms for pay
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      Words related to pay
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