pay v ((GIVE MONEY FOR)) - definition in American English Dictionary

pay

/peɪ/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle paid /peɪd/) (GIVE MONEY FOR)

› to give money to someone for goods or services:

[T] We paid a lot of money for that table.

[I] Would you prefer to pay by credit card?

[I] fig. We all eventually pay for our mistakes (= suffer or are punished because of our mistakes).

› To pay is also to give someone or something money for an amount you owe:

[T] We’ve got to pay the rent.

[T] We have so many bills to pay.

payable

/ˈpeɪ·ə·bəl/ adj [not gradable]

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Please make your check payable to Broadway Antiques.

(Definition of pay v ((GIVE MONEY FOR)) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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