Tay vs. Pay

Taynoun

a branch of the Tai languages

Payverb

(transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

Payverb

(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

Payverb

(transitive) To be profitable for.

Payverb

(transitive) To give (something else than money).

Payverb

(intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.

Payverb

(intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.

Payverb

(intransitive) To suffer consequences.

Payverb

(transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

Payverb

To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Paynoun

Money given in return for work; salary or wages.

Payadjective

Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.

Payadjective

Pertaining to or requiring payment.

Payverb

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Payverb

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.

Payverb

Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.

Payverb

To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).

Payverb

To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.

Payverb

To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.

Payverb

To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

Payverb

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.

Paynoun

Satisfaction; content.

Paynoun

An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.

Paynoun

something that remunerates;

Payverb

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services;

Payverb

convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Payverb

do or give something to somebody in return;

Payverb

bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action;

Payverb

cancel or discharge a debt;

Payverb

bring in;

Payverb

render;

Payverb

be worth it;

Payverb

dedicate;

Payverb

discharge or settle;

Payverb

make a compensation for;