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,pay up to pay all the money
that you owe to sb, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is
late &^ # '/S A nl$ A §£: I had a hard time getting him to pay up. ffcif AW#itffeH5it7 o note at spend
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noun [U] the money that sb
gets for doing regular work I$r; fr7jC: Her job is hard work, but the pay is
good.
fMfrAX'f&o o a pay increase
jjp§f o {BrE) a pay rise jjp§? o (NAmE) a pay
raise jinfoa 3% pay offer JS ft 3% 0 holiday pay fix 0 0
to
make a pay claim (= to officially ask
for an increase in pay) IE W A fJP §r — see also sick pay o note at income HI in the pay of
sb/sth (usually
disapproving) working for sb or for an organization, often secretly
pay-able /’peiabl/ adj.
[not before noun] 1 that must be paid or
can be paid JS#; njfi#: A 10% deposit is payable in advance. 10% {ftff o The
price is
payable in monthly
instalments. $]#!£<,
2 when a cheque, etc. is made payable to sb,
their name is written on it and they can then pay it into their bank account
S#7 ( f&AA, »tftifcA# )
,pay and dis'play noun [U] {BrE) a
system of car parking in which you buy a ticket from a machine for a period of
time and put it in the window of the car A
im%m ( )
,pay as you 'earn noun [u] = PAYE —compare
WITHHOLDING TAX
,pay-as-you-'go adj. connected with a
system of paying for a service just before you use it rather than paying for it
later pay-as-
you-go phones
pay-back /'peibaek/ noun
[C, U] 1 the money that you
receive back on money that you have invested (especially when this is equal to
the amount that you invested to start with); the time that it takes to get your
money back A^MEE; &A; a 10-year
payback *
lO^tHj&^lEliftllf] 2 the advantage or reward that sb receives for sth they
have done; the act of paying sth back jftfi; [U jf: His victory was seen as
payback for all the hard work he’d put in during training. 0
{informal) It’s payback
time!
(= a person will have to suffer for what they have done) !
' pay bed noun (in the
'pay channel noun a television channel
that you must pay for separately in order to watch it ' pay cheque {BrE) {US pay-check /'peitjek/) noun 1
the cheque that you are given when your wages are paid to you X$rA® 2 {especially
NAmE) a way of referring to the amount of money that you earn ijftA; StJjg;
JffijfA a huge paycheck IelI^A
pay-day /'peidei/ noun [u, C] the day on
which you get your wages or salary k §r 0 ; A X ^ 0 : Friday is payday.
S$XJiA§f0o
'pay
dirt noun [U] {especially
NAmE) earth that contains valuable minerals or metal such as gold (
mil hit/strike 'pay
dirt {informal)
to
suddenly be in a successful situation, especially one that makes you rich HH
PAYE /,pi: ei wai ‘i:/
abbr. pay as you earn (a British system of paying income tax in which money
is taken from your wages by your employer and paid to the government) miAUSRAXM*
Mmxmm)
payee /,pei'i:/ noun
{technical AilO a person that money or a cheque is paid to
^tfcA; i|£#;A '
pay envelope noun (NAmE) = pay packet payer /'peia(r)/ noun a person who pays
or who has to pay for sth #|S;A; 3£tfcA: mortgage payers A 0 The
company are not very good payers (= they are slow to pay their bills, or
they do not pay their employees well).
.paying 'guest noun a person who pays to
live in sb’s house with them, usually for a short time ( #ff#|i]#
pay-load /'peilaud; NAmE -loud/ noun {technical A
iff) 1 the passengers and
goods on a ship or an aircraft for which payment is received ( TfJL Jtq H fc
fnf, 2 the goods that a
vehicle, for example a
lorry/truck, is carrying; the
amount it is carrying ( $ igfcit 3 the explosive
power of a bomb or a missile ( W&M
4
the equipment carried by a spacecraft
or satellite (
pay mas ter /'peima:st0(r); NAmE -maes-/ noun 1 (usually disapproving) a person or group of
people that pays another person or organization and therefore can control their
actions 2 an official
who pays the wages in the
army, a factory, etc. ( %
xrm) xm&m%
SYNONYMS |^i*]$#r
payment
premium ♦ subscription * repayment ♦ deposit ♦
instalment
These are all words for an amount of money
that you pay or are expected to pay, or for the act of paying.
payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to
pay; the act of paying JalfagB #
#;: ten monthly payments of $50 'sjB
50 yt, o payment in advance
M5fc#!£ premium
an amount of money that you pay once or
regularly for an insurance policy; an extra payment added to the basic rate; a
higher amount of money than usual 1ft#: an
insurance premium o a premium for express
delivery
subscription an amount of money you pay in advance to receive
regular copies of a newspaper or magazine or to receive a service
W)iTim imtt (J®#M)/BP£: o
subscription to 'Newsweek’ repayment an amount of money that you pay regularly to a bank,
etc. until you have returned all the money that you owe; the act of paying this
money
if: the repayments on
the loan 1j deposit an amount of money that you pay as the first part of a larger payment
#fiT ft : We’ve put
down a 5% deposit on the house, fief] E A# 75% #
*jiT£o
instalment one of a number of payments that you make regularly
over a period of time until you have paid for sth We paid for the
car by/in instalments.
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PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
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The money was in
payment/repayment of a debt.
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(a/an) annual/monthly/regular/cash
payment/ prem iu m/su bscri ption/repayment/deposit/instal ment
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payment/repayment in
full
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to pay a(n)
premium/subscription/deposit/ instalment
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to make (a)
payment/repayment/deposit
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to meet/keep up
(with) (the) payment(s)/the premiums/(the) repayment(s)/the instalments
pay-ment (Hr /'pennant/ noun ~ (for sth) 1 [U] the act of paying
sb/sth or of being paid # #: ; % # ; itft M. : payment in
instalments/in advance/by cheque/in cash /
A® /
o There will be a
penalty for late payment of bills. IffcipL 2 [C] a sum of money paid or