Definition of pay

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Pay (v. i.) 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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Dishonor :: Dishonor (n.) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.
Bank Bill :: Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note..
Acceptilation :: Acceptilation (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Bushelage :: Bushelage (n.) A duty payable on commodities by the bushel.
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
Papain :: Papain (n.) A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America..
Insolvent :: Insolvent (a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate..
Prepayment :: Prepayment (n.) Payment in advance.
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things..
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) 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..
Draught :: Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Custom :: Custom (v. t.) To pay the customs of.
Courtship :: Courtship (n.) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor..
Tender :: Tender (n.) The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation..
Paynim :: Paynim (n. & a.) See Painim.
Pawnor :: Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
Adore :: Adore (v. t.) To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.
Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent..
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