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pay
/peɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle paid)Definition
BUY [I, T]
› to give money to someone because you are buying something from them, or because you owe them money:
Helen paid for the tickets.
Did you pay the telephone bill?
You can pay by cash or credit card.
WORK [I, T]
› to give someone money for the work that they do:
She gets paid twice a month.
People work for them because they pay well.
[+ two objects] We paid them £600 for the work.
a paid job
ADVANTAGE [I]
› to be a good thing to do because it gives you money or an advantage:
Crime doesn't pay.
SUFFER [I, T]
› to suffer because of something bad you have done:
He's certainly paying for his mistakes.
pay attention
› to look at or listen to someone or something carefully:
I missed what she was saying because I wasn't paying attention.
pay sb a compliment
› to tell someone that you admire something about them
pay tribute to sb/sth
› to thank someone or say that you admire someone or something, especially in public:
He paid tribute to his former teacher.
pay sb/sth a visit; pay a visit to sb/sth
› to visit a place or a person, usually for a short time
(Definition of pay verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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