·noun Satisfaction; content.
II. Pay ·vt To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
III. Pay ·vi To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
IV. Pay ·vt To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
V. Pay ·vt 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.
VI. Pay ·vt Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to Reward; to Punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
VII. Pay ·noun 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.
VIII. Pay ·vt 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).
IX. Pay ·vi 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.
X. Pay ·vt 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.