payverb
paid
Past Simple
paid
Past Participle
paying
Gerund
UK
/peɪ/
US
/peɪ/
Translations
I need to pay the bills today.
Мне нужно заплатить по счетам сегодня.
Can you pay the invoice by the end of the week?
Можешь оплатить счет к концу недели?
He decided to pay for his mistakes.
Он решил расплатиться за свои ошибки.
The company will pay the bonuses next month.
Компания выплатит бонусы в следующем месяце.
Additional translations
Definitions
To give money in exchange for goods or services.
I need to pay the cashier for my groceries.
To settle a debt or obligation.
She plans to pay off her student loans by next year.
To give someone a sum of money as a reward or compensation.
The company will pay him a bonus for his excellent performance.
To suffer the consequences of an action.
He had to pay for his mistakes with a heavy fine.
To give attention or heed to something.
Please pay attention to the instructions before starting the test.
To yield profit or benefit; to be advantageous or worthwhile.
It doesn’t pay to ignore early signs of trouble.
To let out or slacken (a rope or chain) gradually, or to coat (timber seams) with pitch or tar (nautical).
The crew payed out the anchor cable as the ship approached the harbour.
paygerund / present participle
Definitions
Yielding profit or advantage; lucrative.
Developing mobile apps proved to be a paying venture.
paynoun
pays
pl
UK
/peɪ/
US
/peɪ/
Translations
The pay for this job is quite good.
Оплата за эту работу довольно хорошая.
He received his pay at the end of the month.
Он получил свою зарплату в конце месяца.
The pay for the service was reasonable.
Плата за услугу была разумной.
Definitions
The money given to someone for work they have done.
She was pleased with her pay after receiving a raise.
The act or process of giving money in settlement of a charge, debt, or purchase; payment.
Contactless pay at the pump makes refueling faster.
payadjective
UK
/peɪ/
US
/peɪ/
Used attributively before a noun to denote relation to wages or money (e.g., "pay raise", "pay scale").
Definitions
Relating to or involving payment, especially of wages or salary.
Management introduced a new pay structure last year.
paypast participle
Definitions
Having had payment made or received; for which payment has been effected or is required.
Staff on paid leave must report back next Monday.