pay (redirected from pays dearly)

pay v. to deliver money owed.

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pay noun allowance, award, compensation, defrayal, defrayment, earnings, emolument, fee, grant, hire, income, indemnity, meed, merces, monetary reeurn, payment, perquisite, profit, reckoning, recompense, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, repayment, return, revenue, reward, salary, settlement, solatium, stipend, support, wages

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pay verb acquit, adjust, award, be a good investment, be profitable, bear the cost, clear, compensate, contribute, defray, deposit, disburse, discharge a debt, expend, finance, foot, give payment, hand over, honor, liquidate, make a good return, make compensation, make good, make payment, make restitution, meet, pendere, present, quit, ransom, reckon with, reimburse, remunerate, render, reward, satisfy, settle, spend, square, square accounts, subsidize, support, tender

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See also: advance, benefit, commission, compensation, contribute, cover, defray, disburse, disbursement, discharge, earnings, expend, fee, fund, income, indemnify, inure, liquidate, offer, payment, post, profit, recoup, reimburse, remit, remittance, remunerate, remuneration, requital, revenue, reward, satisfy, spend, subsidize, supply, tender, wage