time, the pawnbroker can
sell the article. f§j A; X
Paw-nee /'porni:/ noun [pi. Paw-nee or Paw-nees) a member of a Native
American people, many of whom live in the
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pawn-shop /'poinjnp; NAmE -Ja:p/ noun a pawnbroker’s
shop/store XM
paw-paw /'po:po:/ noun (BrE) = papaya SYNONYMS pay
foot the bill * pick up the bill/tab
These words all mean to give sb money for
work they have done or goods they have supplied. tUX
if
#«; mzx<,
pay to give sb money
for work, goods, services, etc. if H, if I’ll pay for the tickets. o Her
parents paid for her to go to
AfP
AAo o She pays £200 a week for this apartment. 200 o Em
paid $100 a day. Xlf 100 tg0 foot the bill
(rather informal) to pay the cost of sth fit if X: Once again it will be the taxpayer
who has to foot the bill.
. Ao ' . ■
pick up the bill/tab (rather informal) to pay the cost of sth : The company will pick
up the tab for your hotel room. &^#Ai^if
m,
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
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to pay/foot the
bill/pick up the bill/tab for sth
■
to have to pay/foot
the bill/pick up the bill/tab
pay °-» /pei/
verb,
noun
m verb (paid, paid /peid/)
1 ~ (sb) (for sth) to give sb money for
work, goods, services, etc. if ft; if®H: [V] I’ll pay for the
tickets. 3% M S& M 0 0 Are you paying in cash or by
credit card? ft
M ^ JE J§ f] ft A ? 0 Her
parents paid for her to go to
jjp^Ao 0 My company pays
well (= pays high salaries).
0 [VN] to paycash ifMfk o Would you mind paying the taxi driver? 0
She pays £200 a week for this apartment.
Mlcifffiafe
200 ❖ [VNN] He still
hasn’t paid me the
money he owes me. itkX'&iS
Aic EftH BJs 0 0 I’m paid $100 a day. $Ig#XXH 100 tg0 O [VN to inf] I don’t pay you
to sit around all day doing nothing!
H
A 0 X H (ft ! — see also low-paid, pre-pay, well paid 2 ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth to give sb money that
you owe them 3c Al; i^JE: [VN] Membership fees should be paid
to the secretary, fy JfLXipWXi a 0 to pay a
billydebt/,fine/ransom, etc. AIX 13 X, J$
O [VNN] Have you paid him the rent yet?
ST'&X ? 3 [V]
(of a business, etc. Aik#) to produce a profit ftfij; 6'Jitft:
It’s hard to make farming pay. #JEE % $ fi] fit A W H o 4
to result in some advantage or profit for sb X A; icU M: [V] Crime doesn’t pay. XfP-X $J X A &X O [V to inf] It pays to keep up to date
with your work. X A fi ± Bf ft X A $!J W „
O [VN to inf] It would probably pay
you to hire an accountant. i+ff^AXfiftA^&tio
5 [V]
~ (for sth) to suffer or be
punished for your beliefs or actions if ft if; :
You’ll pay for that remark! ! O
Many people paid with their lives (=. they died), if# A
if X 7 XA0 6 used with some nouns to show that you are giving or
doing the thing mentioned ( is]
) : [VN, VNN] I’ll
pay a call on (= visit) my
friends. O I’ll
pay you a call when I’m
in town. ffeA^M ifj jfrs o o [VN] I didn’t pay
attention to what she was saying. A it X X M
M A ift if A 0 0 The director paid tribute to all she had
done for the charity. 31# HI5i&feX MM ik ffl 1$ —* W 0j O
[VNN] He’s always paying me
compliments. iife&HX^cflco
ITSITni the devil/1
hell to
pay (informal) a lot of trouble ASLX: There’ll
be hell to pay when he
finds out.
—- J3 ifeJtSE IP
^MlfcATo he who pays the
piper calls the tune {saying) the person who
provides the money for sth can also control how it is spent AilT^; WAX All pay 'court to sb {old-fashioned) to treat sb with
great respect in order to gain favour with them ;
#
iffi; if'#? "pay 'dividends to produce great advantages or profits XX$tA: Exercising regularly will
pay dividends in the end.
0 ,pay for it'self (of a new system, sth
you have bought, etc. i$r %. , 0f S& (ft A M ^) to save as much
money as it cost A ; The
rail pass will
pay for itself after
about two trips. AA^MA^fKflA ^7o
pay
good 'money
for sth used
to emphasize that sth cost(s) a lot of money, especially if
the money is wasted T ) :
■
paid good money for this jacket, and now
look at it—it’s
ruined!M, \
pay its 'way (of a business, etc. X
ik ^) to make enough money to pay what it costs to keep it going ft f'J ii X ;
A ft M ; LBc x x- #t : The
bridge is still not paying its way. M # M 2 A X A <=
pay
the
penalty (for sth/for doing
sth) |
pay
a/the price (for sth/for doing sth) to suffer because of
bad luck, a mistake or sth you have done 0 • • • jg; IS7 if ft iff: He
looked terrible this morning. I think he’s paying the penalty for all those
late nights. ftfeAAXXflt&fflX#?,
0
They’re now paying the price for past mistakes, ftfefllSfi AX A X
ftffro pay your re'spects
(to sb) [formal) to visit sb or to
send a message of good wishes as a sign of respect for them ( Many came to
pay their last respects (= by attending sb’s
funeral), if* ^AflA#fBpfL|nlii#Jn^|]o pay through the
‘nose (for sth) (informal) to pay much too much
money for sth if iiiti pay your 'way to pay for everything
your
self without having to
rely on anyone else’s money g - A^if—#j; you
pays your .money and you
takes your 'choice (informal, especially BrE) used for saying that
there is very little difference between two or more things that you can choose A#MX
( SX##P#^tX^iJXA ) —more at arm n., heed n., rob .pay sb back (sth) | .pay
sth<->'back (to
sb) to return money that
you borrowed from sb ( |o] ^ A ) xEH Pflkl repay: I’ll pay you back next week. $• X iii Xlt *£££# o
0 You can pay back the loan over a period of three years, fa X (ft A X A
fXfr M B 2 w o O Did he ever pay you back that $100 he owes you?
ItillEA if 100 ,pay sb 'back (for sth) to
punish
sb for making you or sb else suffer X Ji; ££ If: I’ll pay him back for
making me look like a fool in front of everyone, it it Ik ^ fk X A , % # '& ilk X X .
—
related noun payback(2) .pay sth<-'in | .pay sth 'into sth to put money into a
bank account ffif; if A
A : I paid in a cheque
this morning, fk A X X if A-f JIo 0 I’d like to pay some money into my
account. IS
gamble paid off. HtWftTo ,pay sb^'off 1 to pay sb what they
have earned and tell them to leave their job iftfX^jsH®; it ffc: The crew
were paid off as soon as the ship docked. &,
ll&ME$Hf§UfM7o
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(informal) to give sb money to prevent them from
doing sth or talking about
sth illegal or dishonest that you have done X ^ ^
A W P ; ^ 11 ® AAll the
witnesses had been paid off. A $J vE A f|5 Sk
IS T o
—
related noun pay-off(I) .pay sth^'off to finish
paying money owed for sth if
r#; i# if: We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years, ill /A ££ X X X W Bf [b]
,pay sth~' out 1 to pay a large sum of
money for sth if X ifc: I had to pay out £500 to get my car repaired. M
A 500jflifr Ao — related noun payout o note at spend 2 to pass a length of rope
through your hands ( AX A )