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Pay \Pay\, n.
1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer.

2. 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.

Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope.

There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
--L'Estrange.

{Full pay}, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay;
especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or
military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.


{Half pay}. See under {Half}.

{Pay day}, the day of settlement of accounts.

{Pay dirt} (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U.S.]

{Pay office}, a place where payment is made.

{Pay roll}, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment,
with the amounts due.


Pay dirt \Pay dirt\, Pay rock \Pay rock\, etc.
1. (Mining) Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the
miner. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. a discovery, especially after an exploratory process,
which yields a profit or sought-after benefit; -- used
especially in the phrase ``to hit pay dirt''.
[PJC]