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   Pay , v. t. [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, pix pitch: cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See Pitch a black substance.] (Naut.) 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.
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   Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]
   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.
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   May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy].
   P. Plowman.
   
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   [She] pays me with disdain.
   Dryden.
   
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   Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
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   For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   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). “Pay me that thou owest.”  
   Matt. xviii. 28.
   
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   Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
   Matt. xviii. 26.
   
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   If they pay this tax, they starve.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
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   This day have I paid my vows.
   Prov. vii. 14.
   
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   To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
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   Not paying me a welcome.
   Shak.
   
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   To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. (c) to bribe. -- To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior. -- To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable.  See under Cable. -- To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.]
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   Pay , v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
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   The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.
   Ps. xxxvii. 21.
   
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   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.
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   To pay for. (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with life. (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be mulcted on account of.
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   'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your wakings.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   -- To pay off. [Etymol. uncertain.] (a) (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail. (b) to repay (a debt). -- To pay on. [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] -- To pay round [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.
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   Pay, n.
   Satisfaction; content.
   Chaucer.
   
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   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.
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   Where only merit constant pay receives.
   Pope.
   
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   There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions. -- Half pay. See under Half. -- Pay day, the day of settlement of accounts. -- Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] -- Pay office, a place where payment is made. -- Pay roll, (a) a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due; now usually one word, payroll. (b) the total sum of money which is paid to all employees on payday.
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