Pay synonyms
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A return ticket.
Satisfaction is getting what you wanted or desired or the payment of a debt.
(Intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
The payment to an employee, usually based on hours worked or quantity of goods or services produced.
The money or profit derived from a sale, business venture, etc.
pay dividends
To produce a profit
Financial gain from a transaction or from a period of investment or business activity, usually calculated as income in excess of costs or as the final value of an asset in excess of its initial value.
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Compensation or remuneration, as for damage or economic loss, required from a nation defeated in war.
Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.
A compensation or satisfaction, as for a wrong done
Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
(Only in singular, sports and figuratively) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play.
make payment
To give payment
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(Law) To reduce (the amount of a monetary claim made by a party in a legal action) because of a failure of that party to perform an obligation under the contract or law related to the claim.
disbursement (antonym)
The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
Reciprocate is defined as to give, do or feel in the same way or degree.
To give, hand over, deliver, present, or submit, as for approval, consideration, payment, etc.
bilk (antonym)
To evade payment of:
An amount paid:
Something, such as a payment, that remunerates.
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A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance.
A person or group of persons holding such a right, claim, or share:
Amends made, as for damage or loss.
The act of making good another’s financial loss or liability, resulting from the occurrence of a particular event or contingency.
A percentage or share of the profits of an enterprise, especially one given or accepted as a bribe.
(Psychology) The return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
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A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
A fixed payment at regular intervals for services, esp. when clerical or professional
A fixed sum charged, as by an institution or by law, for a privilege:
Salary or wages.
The definition of a settlement is an agreement that resolves a dispute, an agreement officially transferring real estate to a new party, or people making a home in a new place where no one has lived before.
Importance, claim to notice, regard.
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(Business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
recompensation
(Law) Reparation for personal injuries.
An itemized bill or statement of a sum due.
(Archaic) A merited recompense or reward
Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
Gain from employment or position; payment received for work; salary, wages, fees, etc.
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A marching cadence of 180 three-foot steps a minute: normal cadence is 120 steps a minute
overtime. See syn. study at wage.wage
Wages
To compensate is to pay someone for services performed, to repay someone for some wrong or that something positive exists to make up for something negative.
To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
To give back, either in return or in compensation:
To protect against or keep free from loss, damage, etc.; insure
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To give forth; to emit or send out.
To give back or pay back (money, etc.); repay
To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people.
reckon-with
To deal with
To give payment
To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
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To give payment
make reparation
To give payment
(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, Guardian:
take-care-of
To deal with, handle.
To offer in good faith; pledge:
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To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
To bequeath is to leave assets for others after your death or to give someone something that you own, especially something of value.
To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay.
To be introduced to someone.
To pay in advance, or beforehand; as, to prepay postage.
To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
To lay out; spend:
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(Intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
The definition of adjust means to change something to a better fit or to be more usable.
bear the expense
To give payment
To obtain money, credit, or capital for
To provide funds for:
plank down
To give payment
To give payment
(Informal) To furnish with money or resources
To give payment
get square with the world
To give payment
sweeten the kitty
To give payment
pick-up-the-tab
(Intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly US) to accept a charge and pay for it, especially at a bar or restaurant.
pick up the check
To give payment
put one's money on the line
To give payment
To pay out, to hand over
come through with
To give payment
(Idiomatic) To contribute
To bring into conformity or agreement:
ante-up
Alternative spelling of ante up.
show profit
To produce a profit
yield profit
To produce a profit
yield excess
To produce a profit
show gain
To produce a profit
(Poker) To increase the stakes in (a pot) by anteing again following a round when no bet was made
weigh out
To produce a profit
To exact or mete out punishment.
outlay (antonym)
An amount spent; an expenditure:
owe (antonym)
To have a moral or legal obligation to render or offer:
withhold (antonym)
To take out or deduct (taxes, etc.) from wages or salary
fail (antonym)
To omit to perform (an expected duty, for example):
become bankrupt (antonym)
To produce a profit
spend (related)
To pay out or expend money.
revenge (related)
(Archaic) To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
A small amount of money regularly given to a child, often as payment for household chores.
The definition of an annuity is a sum of money or an investment that is paid at regular intervals. There are two main types of annuities:
Wages paid in addition to the compensation ordinarily given or required under an employment contract. A bonus is payment for services (such as for recognition of exceptional work performance) or on consideration, and is neither gift nor gratuity.
Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.
defrayal
The act of defraying
Incentive is defined as something that encourages someone to do something or work harder.
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
The definition of a rebate is a discount given to a customer at the time of purchase, or money sent to a customer after they've paid the full price.
A sum of money paid in advance to a professional in order to secure services in a particular case; a client’s authorization for a lawyer’s representation in a case. See also attorney’s fees.
Retribution is defined as something done to get back at someone or the act of punishing someone for their actions.
(Accounting) To write off (expenditures) by prorating over a fixed period
(Informal) To pay (one's share)
(Proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
be profitable
To distribute (money) as payment.
To substitute (payment in a lump sum) for payment in installments
disburse (payout)
To distribute (money) as payment.
Foot is defined as to walk, dance or go via the feet, or to pay for something.
To give or confer officially or formally:
To distribute (money) as payment.
To give way; to allow another to pass first.
defraud (antonym)
To take away or hold back property, rights, etc. from by fraud; cheat
protest (antonym)
To make a written declaration of the nonpayment of (a bill of exchange or a promissory note)
repudiate (antonym)
Repudiate is to refuse to have anything to do with or to reject in a public way.
earn (antonym)
To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work:
Also used with out: disburse
To distribute (money) as payment.
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To distribute (money) as payment.
Off or up: clear
To set right by giving what is due.
To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time:
To cut out a gain in.
To earn money, not including expenses.
To manufacture:
(Business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares, bonds, etc.
pay (related)
(Intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
money (related)
To make as income or profit
To devote is to dedicate yourself to a cause or a person.
To offer; render:
default (antonym)
(Intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
be paid (related)
pay-for (related)
paying-out (related)
paid-for (related)
able-to-pay (related)
pay back (related)
pay over (related)
deduct (related)
(Intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
bear the cost
To give payment
Synonym Study
- Recompense stresses the idea of compensation or requital they felt adequately recompensed for their efforts
- Repay implies a paying back of money given to one or may refer to a doing or giving of anything in requital how can I repay you for your kindness?
- To indemnify is to pay for what has been lost or damaged they were indemnified for the war destruction
- To reimburse is to pay back what has been expended to reimburse employees for traveling expenses
- Remunerate stresses the idea of payment for a service rendered, but it often also carries an implication of reward a bumper crop remunerated the farmer for past labors
- Compensate implies a return, whether monetary or not, thought of as equivalent to the service given, the effort expended, or the loss sustained one could never be compensated for the loss of a child
- Pay is the simple, direct word meaning to give money, etc. due for services rendered, goods received, etc.
Find another word for pay. In this page you can discover 177 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pay, like: return, satisfaction, pay off, wage, proceeds, pay dividends, profit, reparation, compensation, hire and redress.
