Synonyms for Pay:

n.
- interest
- employed
- engaged by
- in the employ of
- in the service of
- bear the cost/expense etc.
- amortize
- compound
- default
- forgive
- incur
- liquidation
- be in dire/desperate straits
- be in the grip of something
- come under
- not know where/which way to turn
- save
- avenge
- forgiveness
- get back at
- get even with
- vindicate
• adjustment
- re conciliation
- re conciliations
- re-conciliation
- re-conciliations
• allowance
- be quest
- be quests
- be-quest
- be-quests
- in heritance
- in heritances
- in-heritance
- in-heritances
• bounty
- pre sent
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
• chip in
- chip
• commendation
- good opinions
- pat back
- pat head
- pat the back
- pat the head
- pumping ups
- re commendation
- re commendations
- re-commendation
- re-commendations
- shot arm
- shot in arm
- shot the arm
- strokings
• commission
- Cutin
- cut ins
- cut-ins
- cutins
- dis counts
- dis-counts
- factorages
- piece action
- piece the action
- rake offs
- rakeoff
- rakeoffs
- vigorishes
• compensation
- Recoupment
- counter-claim
- counterclaim
- counterclaims
- defrayal
- indemnification
- remittal
• cough up
- cough
• devote
- devote
• dues
- de bit
- de bits
- de-bit
- de-bits
• earnings
- in black
- piece pie
- piece the pie
• earnings from employment
- reward
• fee
- takein
• graft
- money under table
• income
- in come
- in comes
- in-come
- in-comes
• money
- GOLDS
- PESOS
- almighty dollar
- banknote
- banknotes
- gold
- peso
- silvers
- specie
• pay
- give
• payoff
- final reckoning
• possession
- pay
• price
- sticker
- stickers
- wholesale
- wholesales
• recompense
- Retrievement
- Solatium
- Sweeteners
- bus fare
- expiation
- overcompensation
- propitiation
- sweetener
• wages
- time
v.
• advance
- pro vide
- pro vided
- pro vides
- pro viding
- pro-vide
- pro-vided
- pro-vides
- pro-viding
• atone
- counter balance
- counter balanced
- counter balances
- counter balancing
- counter-balanced
- counter-balancing
- did penance
- didst penance
- does penance
- doest penance
- doeth penance
- dost penance
- doth penance
- made redress
- made reparation
- makes for
- makes redress
- makes reparation
- makes up for
- making redress
- making reparation
- making up for
- out weighed
- out weighing
- out weighs
- out-weigh
- out-weighed
- out-weighing
- out-weighs
- paid dues
- paid one dues
- paid ones dues
- pay one dues
- pay ones dues
- payed dues
- payed one dues
- payed one's dues
- payed ones dues
- paying dues
- paying one dues
- paying one's dues
- paying ones dues
- pays dues
- pays one dues
- pays one's dues
- pays ones dues
- re deem
- re deemed
- re deeming
- re deems
- re dress
- re dressed
- re dresses
- re dressing
- re pair
- re paired
- re pairing
- re pairs
- re-deem
- re-deemed
- re-deeming
- re-deems
- re-dress
- re-dressed
- re-dresses
- re-dressing
- re-pair
- re-paired
- re-pairing
- re-pairs
- sets off
- take one medicine
- take ones medicine
- takes medicine
- takes one medicine
- takes one's medicine
- takes ones medicine
- taking medicine
- taking one medicine
- taking one's medicine
- taking ones medicine
- took medicine
- took one medicine
- took one's medicine
- took ones medicine
• benefit
- am good for
- are good for
- art good for
- being good for
- contributes to
- contributing to
- did for one
- did the trick
- did trick
- didst for one
- didst the trick
- didst trick
- do trick
- does for one
- does the trick
- does trick
- doest for one
- doest the trick
- doest trick
- doeth for one
- doeth the trick
- doeth trick
- doing for one
- doing the trick
- doing trick
- dost for one
- dost the trick
- dost trick
- doth for one
- doth the trick
- doth trick
- fill bill
- filled bill
- filled the bill
- filling bill
- filling the bill
- fills bill
- fills the bill
- is good for
- made a killing
- made killing
- make killing
- makes a killing
- makes it
- makes killing
- making a killing
- making it
- making killing
- payed off
- pays off
- pro moting
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- was good for
- wast good for
- were good for
- wert good for
- worked for
- working for
- works for
- wrought for
• bring in
- am worth
- are worth
- art worth
- being worth
- co sting
- co-sting
- is worth
- pro duce
- pro duces
- pro-duces
- was worth
- wast worth
- were worth
- wert worth
• cash
- brake a bill
- brake bill
- break bill
- breaking a bill
- breaking bill
- breaks a bill
- breaks bill
- broke a bill
- broke bill
- dis charge
- dis charged
- dis charges
- dis charging
- dis-charge
- dis-charged
- dis-charges
- dis-charging
- made change
- makes change
- making change
• chip in
- anted up
- anteed up
- anteing up
- antes up
- chimed in
- chimes in
- chiming in
- co nates
- co-nates
- conated
- conates
- conating
- goes dutch
- going dutch
- inter pose
- inter posed
- inter posing
- inter-pose
- inter-posed
- inter-posing
- sub scribe
- sub scribed
- sub scribes
- sub scribing
- sub-scribe
- sub-scribed
- sub-scribes
- sub-scribing
- went dutch
• compensate
- guerdoning
- makes good
- paid up
- payed up
- pays up
- planked out
- planking out
- planks out
- ponied up
- ponying up
- re coup
- re couped
- re couping
- re coups
- re fund
- re funded
- re funding
- re funds
- re paid
- re pay
- re paying
- re pays
- re warded
- re warding
- re-coup
- re-couped
- re-couping
- re-coups
- re-fund
- re-funded
- re-funding
- re-funds
- re-paid
- re-pay
- re-paying
- re-pays
- re-warded
- re-warding
- taking care of
- tickle palm
- tickled palm
- tickled the palm
- tickles palm
- tickles the palm
- tickling palm
- tickling the palm
• expend
- dis burse
- dis burses
- dis tribute
- dis tributes
- dis-burse
- dis-burses
- dis-tribute
- dis-tributes
- ex pend
- ex pended
- ex pending
- ex pends
- ex-pend
- ex-pended
- ex-pending
- ex-pends
- foot bill
- footed the bill
- forking out
- forks out
- out laid
- out laying
- out lays
- out-laid
- out-lay
- out-laying
- out-lays
- paid out
- payed out
- paying out
- pays out
- sprang for
- springing for
- springs for
- sprung for
- threw money at
- throwing money at
- throws money at
- uses up
- washes up
- washing up
• give
- allot
- ascribe
- attribute
- pledge
- ration
- share
• give money beforehand
- advance(s)
• lay out
- in vest
- in vested
- in vests
- in-vest
- in-vested
- in-vesting
- in-vests
- lays out
• pay
- Retribute
• reward
- entice
- induce
- lure
- tempt
Other synonyms:

•

check
draw

•

blow

•

come in

•

duty
even
gain
statement

•

bill

•

consideration
quit

Other relevant words:

• atone

• benefit

• bring in

be worth
sell

• charge

price

• chip in

• compensate

• earnings

earnings
income

• expend

• fee

DUES

• recompense

• requite

restitutioned
restitutioning

• retaliate

• square

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• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

What are the paraphrases for Pay?

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Equivalence
- Proper noun, singular
  paid, paying, remuneration, Salaries.
- Noun, singular or mass
  paid, remuneration.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  Defraying.
- Verb, past participle
  remunerated.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  remuneration.
- Verb, base form
  defray, remunerate, remuneration.
Reverse Entailment
- Proper noun, singular
  payable, payer, payment, payments.
- Noun, singular or mass
  payable, paycheck, payment, payoff, payments, Payout.
- Verb, past tense
  payment.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  Repaying.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  payment.
- Verb, base form
  payment.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  wage, Leaves, Les, Holidays, Survivors, ceases, appropriations, exporters, tariffs.
- Noun, singular or mass
  data, men, reward, wage, Ladies, Les, paycheque.
- Verb, past tense
  earned, Went, Levied.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  footing.
- Verb, past participle
  earned.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  address, apply, contribute, cover, devote, foot, give, lend, owe, perform, resolve, spend, accords.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  costs, earns, dispenses.
- Verb, base form
  absorb, acquit, address, apply, contribute, costs, cover, devote, foot, give, implement, indemnify, lay, lend, liquidate, owe, perform, reimburse, resolve, reward, spend, wage.
Other Related
- Proper noun, singular
  payroll, wages, payrolls, emoluments.
- Noun, singular or mass
  payday, payee, payer, payroll, reimbursement.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  incurring.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  attach, incur, payable.
- Verb, base form
  attach, compensate, incur, payable, reimbursement, repay, payments.

What are the hypernyms for Pay?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for pay (as nouns)
- possession
  pay packet, strike pay, combat pay, take-home pay, merit pay, half-pay, pay envelope, sick pay, double time, living wage, found, minimum wage.
hypernyms for pay (as verbs)
- cognition
  get one's lumps, take one's lumps.
- communication
  offer, extend.
- possession
  remit, refund, put up, clear, expend, kick back, indemnify, overpay, prefer, ante up, go Dutch, give back, return, buy, tithe, repair, disburse, finance, recompense, pay out, defray, drop, bribe, foot, redeem, contribute, remunerate, compensate, pay cash, charge, subsidise, spend, net, prepay, repay, pay, pick, pay off, underpay, grease one's palms, corrupt, pay up, subsidize.

What are the hyponyms for Pay?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for pay (as nouns)
- possession
  regular payment.
hyponyms for pay (as verbs)
- cognition
  suffer, tolerate, abide, put up, stand, digest, stomach, support, bear, endure, brook, stick out.
- communication
  intercommunicate, communicate.
- possession
  requite, repay, give, clear, take in, earn, bring in, realize, settle, realise, make, pull in, gain.
- social
  make.
- stative
  be.

What are the holonyms for Pay?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

holonyms for pay (as nouns)
- possession
  paysheet, payroll.

What are the opposite words for pay?

The word "pay" is a frequently used verb that denotes giving money to someone in exchange for goods or services. However, it has many antonyms that convey the opposite meaning. Some of the common antonyms for "pay" are "receive," "owe," "refund," "default," "withhold," and "forgive." When an individual owes money to someone, they can use "owe" instead of "pay." "Receive" is the antonym of "pay" when someone is on the receiving end of money. Refund refers to giving back the money paid by a customer. "Default" signifies failure to pay the amount owed. "Withhold" means retaining or not paying the full amount due. Lastly, the word "forgive" is used when a person is pardoned from making payment.

What are the antonyms for Pay?

n.
• earnings from employment
- debt
- loss
- penalty
• embezzlement
- Skimmings
- defalcation
- defalcations
- filchings
- mis application
- mis applications
- mis appropriation
- mis appropriations
- mis-application
- mis-applications
- mis-appropriations
- peculation
- peculations
- pilferings
- purloinings
- thieving
- thievings
• expenses
- outlay
• outlay
- in vestment
- in vestments
- in-vestment
- in-vestments
- out lay
- out lays
- out-lay
- out-lays
- spendings
• stealing money, often from employer
- embezzlement
v.
• appropriate
- Copped
- copping
- gat fingers on
- gat hands on
- get hands on
- gets fingers on
- gets hands on
- getting fingers on
- getting hands on
- glom on to
- glom to
- glommed on to
- glommed to
- glomming on to
- glomming to
- gloms on to
- got fingers on
- gotten fingers on
- gotten hands on
- grabbed hold of
- grabbing hold of
- grabs hold of
- mis appropriate
- mis appropriated
- mis appropriates
- mis appropriating
- mis-appropriate
- mis-appropriates
- mis-appropriating
- moonlighted requisition
- moonlighting requisition
- moonlights requisition
- take over
- takes over
- taking over
- took over
• borrow
- Bummed
- Bumming
- Pirated
- Pirating
- accept loan of
- accepted loan of
- accepting loan of
- accepts loan of
- gave a note for
- gave note for
- give a note for
- give note for
- gives a note for
- gives note for
- giving a note for
- giving note for
- hit up
- hits up
- hitting up
- made one's own
- made ones own
- made own
- make one's own
- make ones own
- make own
- makes one own
- makes one's own
- makes ones own
- makes own
- making one own
- making one's own
- making ones own
- making own
- raise money
- raised money
- raises money
- raising money
- ran in to debt
- ran into debt
- run in to debt
- run into debt
- running in to debt
- running into debt
- runs in to debt
- runs into debt
- saw one uncle
- saw one's uncle
- saw ones uncle
- saw uncle
- see one uncle
- see one's uncle
- see ones uncle
- see uncle
- seeing one uncle
- seeing one's uncle
- seeing ones uncle
- seeing uncle
- sees one uncle
- sees one's uncle
- sees ones uncle
- sees uncle
- take loan
- take on loan
- takes loan
- takes on loan
- taking loan
- taking on loan
- took loan
- took on loan
- use temporarily
- used temporarily
- uses temporarily
- using temporarily
• charge
- Debited
- Debiting
- Levied
- Saddling
- blew the whistle on
- blew whistle on
- blindside
- blow the whistle on
- blow whistle on
- blowing the whistle on
- blowing whistle on
- blows the whistle on
- blows whistle on
- bought credit
- bought on credit
- buy credit
- buy on credit
- buying credit
- buying on credit
- buys credit
- buys on credit
- de bit
- de biting
- de bits
- de-bit
- de-biting
- de-bits
- drag in to court
- drag into court
- dragged in to court
- dragged into court
- dragging in to court
- dragging into court
- drags in to court
- drags into court
- fix price at
- fixed price at
- fixes price at
- fixing price at
- fixt price at
- go in to hock
- goes in to hock
- goes into hock
- going in to hock
- going into hock
- hang something on
- hanged something on
- hangs something on
- hung something on
- in criminate
- in criminates
- in criminating
- in stilled
- in stilling
- in-criminate
- in-criminated
- in-criminates
- in-criminating
- in-dict
- in-stilled
- in-stilling
- incur debt
- incurred debt
- incurring debt
- incurs debt
- jump on
- jumping on
- jumps on
- point finger at
- point the finger at
- pointed finger at
- pointed the finger at
- pointing the finger at
- put account
- put card
- put cuff
- put on account
- put on card
- put on cuff
- put on one card
- put on one's card
- put on ones card
- put on tab
- put on the cuff
- put one card
- put one's card
- put ones card
- put tab
- put the cuff
- put the tab
- puts account
- puts card
- puts on card
- puts on cuff
- puts on ones card
- puts on tab
- puts on the cuff
- puts on the tab
- puts one card
- puts one's card
- puts tab
- puts the cuff
- puts the tab
- putting account
- putting card
- putting cuff
- putting on account
- putting on card
- putting on cuff
- putting on one card
- putting on one's card
- putting on ones card
- putting on tab
- putting on the cuff
- putting on the tab
- putting one card
- putting one's card
- putting tab
- putting the cuff
- ran up
- re quested
- re questing
- re quests
- re quire
- re quired
- re quires
- re quiring
- re-questing
- re-quests
- re-quire
- re-quired
- re-quires
- re-quiring
- receive credit
- received credit
- receives credit
- receiving credit
- run up
- running up
- runs up
- saddled
- sell for
- sells for
- stampeded
- stampeding
- trans fuse
- trans fused
- trans fuses
- trans fusing
- trans-fuse
- trans-fused
- trans-fuses
- trans-fusing
- went in to hock
- went into hock
- whistle blew
- whistle blow
- whistle blowing
- whistle blows
- whistle-blew
- whistle-blow
- whistle-blowing
- whistle-blows
- whistleblew
- whistleblow
- whistleblows
• default
- Ratted
- Welch
- de fault
- de faulted
- de faulting
- de faults
- de fraud
- de frauds
- de-fault
- de-faulted
- de-faulting
- de-faults
- de-fraud
- de-frauds
- dis honor
- dis honored
- dis honoring
- dis honors
- dis-honor
- dis-honored
- dis-honoring
- dis-honors
- leave town
- leaved town
- leaves town
- leaving town
- left town
- meet under arch
- meeting under arch
- meets under arch
- met under arch
- puts cuff
- ran out on
- ratting
- run out on
- running out on
- runs out on
- saw alley
- saw in alley
- saw in the alley
- saw the alley
- see alley
- see in alley
- see in the alley
- see the alley
- seeing alley
- seeing in alley
- seeing in the alley
- seeing the alley
- sees alley
- sees in alley
- sees in the alley
- sees the alley
- skip out on
- skipped out on
- skipping out on
- skips out on
- stiffed
- stiffing
- stiffs
- welched
- welches
- welching
• dodge payment
- default
• embezzle
- Defalcated
- Defalcating
- de falcate
- de falcated
- de-falcate
- de-falcated
- defalcate
- defalcates
- embezzle
- filch
- mis applied
- mis applies
- mis apply
- mis applying
- mis used
- mis using
- mis-applied
- mis-applies
- mis-apply
- mis-applying
- mis-appropriated
- mis-used
- mis-using
- put hand cookie jar
- put hand in cookie jar
- put hand in till
- put hand till
- puts hand cookie jar
- puts hand in cookie jar
- puts hand in till
- puts hand till
- putting hand cookie jar
- putting hand in cookie jar
- putting hand in till
- putting hand till
• give money for goods, services
- confuse
- deny
- deprive
- dishonor
- dissatisfy
- dissuade
- earn
- fail
- hold
- keep
- lose
- penalize
- refuse
- take
- take back
- upset
- withhold
• have an obligation
- owe
• noun
- acquire
- bring in
- carry
- come by
- default on
- garner
- make
- procure
- pull down
- realize
- reap
• owe
- am arrears
- am beholden
- am bound
- am contracted
- am debt
- am in arrears
- am in debt
- am into for
- am into one for
- am obligated
- am under obligation
- are arrears
- are beholden
- are bound
- are contracted
- are debt
- are in arrears
- are in debt
- are in to for
- are in to one for
- are indebted
- are into for
- are into one for
- are under obligation
- art arrears
- art beholden
- art bound
- art contracted
- art debt
- art in arrears
- art in debt
- art in to for
- art in to one for
- art indebted
- art into for
- art into one for
- art obligated
- art under obligation
- be arrears
- be beholden
- be bound
- be contracted
- be debt
- be in arrears
- be in debt
- be in to for
- be in to one for
- be indebted
- be into for
- be into one for
- be obligated
- be under obligation
- behinded
- behinding
- being arrears
- being beholden
- being bound
- being contracted
- being debt
- being in arrears
- being in debt
- being in to for
- being in to one for
- being indebted
- being into for
- being into one for
- being obligated
- being under obligation
- feel bound
- feeling bound
- feels bound
- felt bound
- gat credit
- gat on credit
- get credit
- get on credit
- gets credit
- gets on credit
- getting credit
- getting on credit
- got credit
- got on credit
- gotten credit
- gotten on credit
- had borrowed
- haddest borrowed
- hadst borrowed
- has borrowed
- hast borrowed
- hath borrowed
- have borrowed
- having borrowed
- in curred
- in hock
- in-curred
- in-curring
- inned hock
- inning hock
- ins hock
- is arrears
- is beholden
- is bound
- is contracted
- is debt
- is in arrears
- is in debt
- is in to for
- is in to one for
- is indebted
- is into for
- is into one for
- is obligated
- is under obligation
- losted
- losting
- losts
- on tab
- on the tab
- onned tab
- onned the tab
- onning tab
- onning the tab
- ons tab
- ons the tab
- ran a bill
- ran bill
- ran up a bill
- ran up bill
- run a bill
- run bill
- run up a bill
- run up bill
- running a bill
- running bill
- running up a bill
- running up bill
- runs a bill
- runs bill
- runs up a bill
- runs up bill
- was arrears
- was beholden
- was bound
- was contracted
- was debt
- was in arrears
- was in debt
- was in to for
- was in to one for
- was indebted
- was into for
- was into one for
- was obligated
- was under obligation
- wast arrears
- wast beholden
- wast bound
- wast contracted
- wast debt
- wast in arrears
- wast in debt
- wast in to for
- wast in to one for
- wast indebted
- wast into for
- wast into one for
- wast obligated
- wast under obligation
- were arrears
- were beholden
- were bound
- were contracted
- were debt
- were in arrears
- were in debt
- were in to for
- were in to one for
- were indebted
- were into for
- were into one for
- were obligated
- were under obligation
- wert arrears
- wert beholden
- wert bound
- wert contracted
- wert debt
- wert in arrears
- wert in debt
- wert in to for
- wert in to one for
- wert indebted
- wert into for
- wert into one for
- wert obligated
- wert under obligation
• take for temporary use
- borrow
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Usage examples for Pay

And made me pay out twenty-five cents, too, to come in the fair after you!

"Leo the Circus Boy"

Ralph Bonehill

But I suppose you'll pay some visits first.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

His wife couldn't pay.

"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"

Alexander Irvine

Famous quotes with Pay

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

F. Murray Abraham
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

Jack Adams
People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

Joey Adams
A good folly is worth what you pay for it.

George Ade

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Chases sign

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