Tra từ pay - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pay [pay pays paid paying] verb, noun BrE [peɪ] NAmE [peɪ]
verb (paid, paidBrE [peɪd] ; NAmE [peɪd] )
1. intransitive, transitive to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc
•~ (for sth) I'll pay for the tickets.
• Are you paying in cash or by credit card?
•My company pays well (= pays high salaries).
•~ for sb to do sth Her parents paid for her to go to Canada.
•~ sth to pay cash
•~ sth for sth She pays £200 a week for this apartment.
•~ sb (for sth) Would you mind paying the taxi driver?
•~ sb sth He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me.
•I'm paid $100 a day.
•~ sb/sth to do sth I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!
see also ↑low-paid, ↑pre-pay, ↑well paid
2. transitive to give sb money that you owe them
•~ sth to pay a bill/debt/fine/ransom, etc.
•~ sth to sb Membership fees should be paid to the secretary.
•~ sb sth Have you paid him the rent yet?
3. intransitive (of a business, etc.)to produce a profit
• It's hard to make farming pay.
4. intransitive, transitive to result in some advantage or profit for sb
• Crime doesn't pay.
•it pays to do sth It pays to keep up to date with your work.
•it pays sb to do sth It would probably pay you to hire an accountant.
5. intransitive to suffer or be punished for your beliefs or actions
•~ (for sth) You'll pay for that remark!
•~ (with sth) Many people paid with their lives (= they died).
6. transitive used with some nouns to show that you are giving or doing the thing mentioned
•~ sth I didn't pay attention to what she was saying.
• The director paid tribute to all she had done for the charity.
•I'll pay a call on (= visit) my friends.
•~ sb sth I'll pay you a call when I'm in town.
•He's always paying me compliments.
more at cost/pay an arm and a leg at ↑arm _n., give/pay heed (to sb/sth) at ↑heed _n., rob Peter to pay Paul at ↑rob
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.

Thesaurus:
pay verb I, T
•Have you paid the hotel bill?
give • • settle • • meet • • clear • |formal defray •
pay/settle/meet/clear your debts
pay/settle/meet a bill
pay/settle/defray the cost of sth

Example Bank:
•Clients typically pay about $2 400 per month.
•He was made bankrupt for failing to pay debts of over £2 million.
•He will pay dearly for what he did.
•How much did you pay for your new car?
•I would gladly pay for the benefits such a tax would bring.
•If Mac had killed Caroline, then he was going to make him pay the price.
•It is for the courts to decide who is liable to pay damages.
•Protesters against the tax carried banners reading ‘Can't pay! Won't pay!’
•She pays her workers very well.
•She wouldn't let me pay for my ticket.
•Taxation should be based on ability to pay.
•The company was ordered to pay the five workers £5 000 in compensation each.
•The revenue will be used to help pay for environmental improvements.
•We pay £200 a week to our landlord.
•You can expect to pay £200 a night at this hotel.
•You can expect to pay upwards of £200 a night at this exclusive hotel.
•help for those genuinely unable to pay
•help for those who are genuinely not able to pay
•Are you paying in cash or by credit card?
•He still hasn't paid me the money he owes me.
•I don't pay you to sit around all day doing nothing!
•I'll pay for the tickets.
•I'm paid $100 a day.
•My company pays well.
•There's a 5% discount if you pay cash.
Idioms: ↑he who pays the piper calls the tune ▪ ↑hell to pay ▪ ↑in the pay of somebody ▪ ↑pay a price ▪ ↑pay court to somebody ▪ ↑pay dividends ▪ ↑pay for itself ▪ ↑pay good money for something ▪ ↑pay its way ▪ ↑pay the penalty ▪ ↑pay through the nose ▪ ↑pay your respects ▪ ↑pay your way ▪ ↑you pays your money and you takes your choice
Derived: ↑pay off ▪ ↑pay somebody back ▪ ↑pay somebody off ▪ ↑pay something back ▪ ↑pay something down ▪ ↑pay something in ▪ ↑pay something into something ▪ ↑pay something off ▪ ↑pay something out ▪ ↑pay up

noun uncountable
the money that sb gets for doing regular work
• Her job is hard work, but the pay is good.
•a pay increase
• (BrE)a pay rise
• (NAmE)a pay raise
•a 3% pay offer
•holiday pay
•to make a pay claim (= to officially ask for an increase in pay)
see also ↑sick pay

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.

Thesaurus:
pay noun U
•The job is hard, but the pay is good.
wage/wages • • salary • • income • • earnings •
(a/an) high/low/basic/good/meagre/average pay/wage/wages/salary/income/earnings
receive pay/a wage/wages/a salary/an income/earnings
earn your pay/a wage/wages/a salary/an income
Pay, wages or salary? Pay is the most general of these words. If you work in a factory, shop, etc. you usually get your wages each week. Office workers and professionals such as doctors, teachers, etc. receive a salary that is paid monthly or twice a month. It is expressed as an annual figure
•She's on a salary of over $80 000.

Synonyms:
income
wage/wages • pay • salary • earnings
These are all words for money that a person earns or receives for their work.
income • money that a person receives for their work, or from investments or business: ▪ people on low incomes
wage/wages • money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every week: ▪ a weekly wage of £200
pay • money that employees earn for doing their job: ▪ The job offers good rates of pay.
salary • money that employees earn for doing their job, usually paid every month.
wage, pay or salary?
Pay is the most general of these three words. Employees who work in factories, etc. get their wages each week. Employees who work in offices or professional people such as teachers or doctors receive a salary that is paid each month, but is usually expressed as an annual figure.
earnings • money that a person earns from their work: ▪ a rise in average earnings for factory workers
(a) high/low/basic income/wage/pay/salary/earnings
to earn an income/a wage/your pay/a salary
to be on a(n) income/wage/salary of…

Example Bank:
•He doubled his pay by accepting bribes.
•He has been suspended without pay.
•He has taken leave on half pay.
•He's at the top of his company's pay scale.
•His pay package including bonuses was worth at least $12 million.
•The job offers good rates of pay and excellent conditions.
•The workers are demanding their back pay.
•Women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full pay.
•Women are still decades away from achieving pay equity with men.
•a day off with pay
•equal pay for men and women
•holidays with pay
•industrial unrest over pay levels in the public sector
•the average take-home pay of a manual worker
•the money in my weekly pay packet
•workers on low pay
•He was stuck without a penny until his next pay day.
•a 3% pay raise
•sick pay