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Paying

adjective

1.

Yielding a fair profit. Synonyms: gainful, paid.

2.

For which money is paid. Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary. "Remunerative work" , "Salaried employment" , "Stipendiary services"

Pay

verb

(past & past part. paid; pres. part. paying)

1.

Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services. "Pay the waitress, please"

2.

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. Synonym: give. "Give the orders" , "Give him my best regards" , "Pay attention"

3.

Cancel or discharge a debt. Synonyms: ante up, pay up.

4.

Bring in. Synonyms: bear, yield. "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

5.

Do or give something to somebody in return. Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off.

6.

Dedicate. Synonyms: devote, give. "Give priority to" , "Pay attention to"

7.

Be worth it.

8.

Render. "Pay a call"

9.

Bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action. "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly" , "You'll pay for this opinion later"

10.

Make a compensation for.

11.

Discharge or settle. "Pay an obligation"

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"Paying" Quotes from Famous Books

... especially where it is necessary to help the lungs to throw off any distilling humour. On certificate of a course of swearing prescribed by any physician, a permit will be given to the patient by the proper officer of the bank, paying no more but sixpence. It is expected, that a scheme of so much advantage to the public will meet with more encouragement than their chimerical banks; and the undertaker hopes, that as he has spent a considerable fortune in bringing this scheme to bear, he may have the satisfaction to see it take ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. VII - Historical and Political Tracts--Irish • Jonathan Swift

... in [the church of] the Society of Jesus. This the archbishop and his friars took so ill that the latter refused to go to his funeral and burial, to the surprise and scandal of the whole city; and the archbishop prevented the cabildo from paying the last honors to the bishop in the church of the said order, declaring that it was polluted by [containing] the remains of Senor Grimaldos, who in the opinion of the said fathers ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 • Various

... rebellion, by viewing it in the aggravated light of a personal offence. After some hesitation, however, his prudence got the better of his passions, as he reflected that he was in a situation to dictate the terms of victory, without paying the usual price for it. His past experience seems to have convinced him of the hopelessness of infusing sentiments of loyalty in a Mussulman towards a Christian prince; for, while he granted a general amnesty to those concerned in the insurrection, it was only on ...

— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott

... go through a doorway, denotes unsuccessful attempts to get your affairs into a paying condition. It also means changes to farmers and the political world. To an author, it foretells that the reading public will reprove his way of stating facts by refusing ...

— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller

... but that a still greater sum was needed for casual expenses, for which in the state, as in every household, certainly a quarter of the sum reached by the regular expenditure was required. He therefore proposed that L600,000 should be at once granted him for paying off the debt, and that in future years the royal income should be ...

— A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) • Leopold von Ranke

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