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Pay

🔄 Synonyms of "Pay"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
yieldnoun	To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
make upverb	To constitute, to compose.
compensateverb	To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
remunerationnoun	A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
devoteverb	to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
wagenoun	(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
salarynoun	A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
earningsnoun	Wages, money earned, income.
pay offverb	(transitive) To pay back; to repay.
ante upverb	To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.
pay upverb	(ambitransitive) To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
bearverb	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

↔️ Antonyms of "Pay"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
defaultnoun	(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
default onverb	fail to pay up

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pay"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
remunerationnoun	A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
ante upverb	To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.
pay upverb	(ambitransitive) To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
earningsnoun	Wages, money earned, income.
salarynoun	A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
pay offverb	(transitive) To pay back; to repay.
wagenoun	(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
compensateverb	To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
yieldnoun	To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
devoteverb	to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
make upverb	To constitute, to compose.
bearverb	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
buyverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
costnoun	(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
reimbursementnoun	(business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
honorariumnoun	Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
purchasenoun	The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
paymentnoun	(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
chargenoun	The amount of money levied for a service.