āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to pay
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to give someone money in exchange for goods or services
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Can you pay the babysitter when we get home?
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§?
1.1
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of a job, investment, etc.) to provide someone with a certain amount of money
Transitive: to pay an amount of money
Intransitive: to pay in a specific manner
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She 's looking for jobs that pay at least $ 20 per hour.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ 20 āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.2
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to give the amount of money that is required to be transferred because of a debt, bill, etc.
Transitive: to pay a sum owed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Do n't forget to pay your credit card bill before the due date.
āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
1.3
āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ¨āĻž
to be profitable or bring in some advantage, particularly of a business or activity
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Crime rarely pays in the long run.
āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽāĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to experience the consequences or punishment for what one has done or believes
Intransitive: to pay for sth
Transitive: to pay sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His reckless actions will make him pay dearly in court.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(dummy verb) used with certain nouns to indicate giving or doing something that is mentioned
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During the awards ceremony, they took turns to pay compliments to the talented artists.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overpay
payer
paying
pay
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
