1. pay - Noun
2. pay - Adjective
3. pay - Verb
4. Pay - Proper noun
To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
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.
Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
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.
Satisfaction; content.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! Paisios of Mount Athos
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Plato
The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. Robert Louis Stevenson
Happiness you pay for is to be found everywhere. Gypsy Proverb
God does not pay every Saturday. Bulgarian Proverb
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly. English Proverb