Word: pay Word origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor. Phonetic: peɪ Listen:
give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred. Example: the traveller paid a guide to show him across
suffer a misfortune as a consequence of an action. Example: they paid for his impatience
give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to (someone). Example: no one paid them any attention
the money paid to someone for regular work. Example: an entitlement to sickness pay
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