Another word for pay
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Verb
To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered
See also:To give compensation to
See also:To distribute (money) as payment.
See also:To set right by giving what is due.
See also:To make as income or profit
See also:To give a satisfactory return to
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Noun
Payment for work done
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Another word for pay
Noun
Monetary return
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Verb
To give payment
To produce a profit
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in the pay of
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.
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