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- Dictionarypay/peɪ/
verb
- 1. give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred: "the traveller paid a guide to show him across" Similar
- 2. suffer a misfortune as a consequence of an action: "they paid for his impatience" Similar
noun
- 1. the money paid to someone for regular work: "an entitlement to sickness pay"
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Mar 12, 2019 · Pay out would not be part of a purchace on installment; pay out is what a company does to distribute funds. Payment - the individual amounts paid toward the total owed. Payoff - the final payment, or the amount that if paid now would be the full amount owed. (Payoff can be one word as a noun in this jargon, but as a verb it is “pay off”.
The earliest use in reference to a visit seems to be in Shakespeare’s ‘Winter’s Tale’: I thinke, this comming Summer, the King of Sicilia meanes to pay Bohemia the Visitation, which hee iustly owes him. In the same century we find: I went‥to pay hir a visit. In the UK, at least, can, in the right context, mean ‘go to the lavatory ...
Oct 27, 2011 · Usually you either pay attention [to someone/something] or give your attention [to someone]. So in your sentence "give" fits the first slot, and "pay" the second. Word order, first/second person, negation, and qualifiers like "much" are irrelevant. It's just whether the attention is possessed - in which case it's give my/your/our attention ...
May 10, 2017 · And she might either “pay attention” or “pay him no mind.” These citations from the OED illustrate how “pay” has been used in this way over the centuries. 1600: “Not paying mee a welcome” (from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream). 1667: “You deserve wonder, and they pay but praise” (from a poem by the Earl of Orrery).
10. Why the word "mind" can be used as a verb, synonym of "pay attention to"? It has the same etymology of the "mind" (centre of thought, feelings, brain) noun? When it is better to use "mind" in place of "pay attention to" (or similar phrases)? verbs. etymology. synonyms.
Aug 16, 2011 · Therefore the statement "You have until March 1st to pay your rent of $100 to avoid eviction." would translate roughly to "At this present time have you a debt of $100. You may make payment at present and to such point as the date of March 1st to avoid eviction." The latter being quite tedious to say or write, has evolved.
Jan 15, 2018 · The explicit association of pay grade with skill level (and so, implicitly, with level of competence and authority) in U.S. military jargon has roots that go back at least to 1954, when skill levels and pay grades appear as part of the standard nomenclature for categorizing job qualifications and appropriate salaries, as in U.S. Department of the Air Force, "Enlistment and Reenlistment in Regular Air Force" (1954).
Aug 27, 2011 · The origin comes from the Peter tax and the Paul tax:. The expression refers to times before the Reformation when Church taxes had to be paid to St. Paul's church in London and to St. Peter's church in Rome; originally it referred to neglecting the Peter tax in order to have money to pay the Paul tax.
Aug 1, 2016 · 2. Historically, they were utterly different. Tribute was material wealth paid to a conqueror or ruler by the conquered or subjects. Homage was the act of showing deference to a ruler or conqueror. In modern use, as others have said, there is not much difference between them. But my reaction to other answers' bald statement "They are synonyms ...
Mar 5, 2011 · 3. Hmmm - just based the general usage of the words in other contexts, I would say "pay rise" denotes some across the board increase that everyone got due to contract negotiations or gov't action. A "pay raise" would denote that Bill alone got the increase. Even so - it's a stretch and I would normally ask for clarification as the meaning is ...
