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pay
v. to deliver money owed.
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, wagespay
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, tenderSee 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