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pay noun
/peɪ/ n [U] Definition
the money you receive for doing a job
UK Any pay rise (US usually raise) must be in line with inflation.
It's a nice job but the pay is appalling.
be in the pay of sb
to work for someone, especially secretly
(Definition of pay noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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