n. 薪资, 付款, 补偿

vt. 支付, 付清, 补偿, 偿还, 对...有利, 为...涂防水物

vi. 付款, 付出代价, 偿还, 得到报应, 获得好处

[化] 工资

Pay \Pay\, v. t. [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, i? pitch:
cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See {Pitch} a black substance.]
(Naut.)
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.


Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify,
appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.]
1. 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.

May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. --P.
Plowman.

[She] pays me with disdain. --Dryden.

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

For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. --B.
Jonson.

3. 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). ``Pay me that thou
owest.'' --Matt. xviii. 28.

Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
--Matt. xviii.
26.

If they pay this tax, they starve. --Tennyson.

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

This day have I paid my vows. --Prov. vii.
14.

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

Not paying me a welcome. --Shak.

{To pay off}.
(a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
the crew of a ship.
(b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind.


{To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
other superior.

{To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under
{Cable}.

{To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
[Colloq.]


Pay \Pay\ (p[=a]), v. i.
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or
satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. --Ps.
xxxvii. 21.

2. 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.

{To pay for}.
(a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay
for their mistakes with loss of property or
reputation, sometimes with life.
(b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to
be mulcted on account of.

'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your
wakings. --Beau. & Fl.

{To pay off}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to
leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

{To pay on}. [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to
redouble blows. [Colloq.]

{To pay round} [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the
ship's head.


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.