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n.
The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
n.
The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman.
v. t.
The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
v. i.
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
n.
One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
n.
One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.
v. t.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
n.
Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
v. i.
Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
v. t.
To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
n.
An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
n.
A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.
n.
An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pay
v. t.
To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
a.
Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
n.
See Payer.
v. t.
To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment.
v. t.
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
n. pl.
Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also vicontiel rents) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king.
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