Definition of pay

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Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..

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Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re..
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..
Back :: Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital..
Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Annuity :: Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance..
Due :: Due (a.) Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable..
Acceptilation :: Acceptilation (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt..
Audient :: Audient (a.) Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..
Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
Brevet :: Brevet (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..
Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..
Tac :: Tac (n.) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
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