All pay synonyms
pay
P p noun pay
- bounty β You can refer to something that is provided in large amounts as bounty.
- factorage β the action or business of a factor.
- carrot β Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- honorarium β a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- overcompensation β a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- expiation β The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- fee β a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
- income β the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- dividend β Mathematics. a number that is to be divided by a divisor.
- cutin β a waxy waterproof substance, consisting of derivatives of fatty acids, that is the main constituent of plant cuticle
- emolument β A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
- emoluments β Plural form of emolument.
- earnings β money earned; wages; profits.
- wage β Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
- adjustment β An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- annuity β An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- wages β Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week. Compare living wage, minimum wage.
verb pay
- initialed β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- lay out β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- fork out β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make it big β If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- go dutch β of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- angeled β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- initialing β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- cough up β If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- advantaged β A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- defray β If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf.
- benefit β The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- fork over β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- give and take β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- comp β Comp is short for compensation.
- comping β a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
- initialled β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- liquidate β to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- chime in β If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
- angeling β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- call on the carpet β (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- cash β Cash is money in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques.
- initials β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- make amends β reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- comped β a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.