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Exact Match:

pay

bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"

discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"

do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"

render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"

be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"

Synonyms:

• accomplish,
• achieve,
• advantage,
• afford,
• angel,
• answer,
• attend to,
• avail,
• back,
• bankroll,
• base pay,
• be exposed to,
• be gainful,
• be had,
• be handy,
• be of use,
• be profitable,
• be subjected to,
• be worthwhile,
• benefit,
• bestead,
• bring about,
• bring in,
• bring off,
• bring to pass,
• budget,
• capitalize,
• castigation,
• chastening,
• chastisement,
• come down on,
• commit,
• compensate,
• compensation,
• condign punishment,
• correction,
• cost,
• cost out,
• cough up,
• deserts,
• disburse,
• disciplinary measures,
• discipline,
• dismissal wage,
• do,
• do for,
• do the trick,
• do to,
• earnings,
• effect,
• effectuate,
• emolument,
• encounter,
• endure,
• escalator clause,
• escalator plan,
• expend,
• experience,
• fee,
• feel,
• ferule,
• fill the bill,
• finance,
• financial remuneration,
• fix,
• fork out,
• fund,
• get satisfaction,
• give good returns,
• give it to,
• go and do,
• go through,
• gross,
• gross income,
• grubstake,
• guaranteed annual wage,
• guerdon,
• have,
• hire,
• income,
• incur costs,
• indemnify,
• inflict,
• infliction,
• invest,
• judgment,
• judicial punishment,
• know,
• labor under,
• lay out,
• living wage,
• make,
• make amends,
• make requital,
• make restitution,
• make retribution,
• meet,
• meet up with,
• meet with,
• minimum wage,
• nemesis,
• net,
• net income,
• open the purse,
• outlay,
• overpay,
• overspend,
• pains,
• pains and punishments,
• pass through,
• patronize,
• pay and allowances,
• pay back,
• pay by installments,
• pay dearly,
• pay exorbitantly,
• pay for,
• pay off,
• pay on,
• pay out,
• pay too much,
• payment,
• payroll,
• penal retribution,
• penalty,
• penology,
• perpetrate,
• plunk,
• portal-to-portal pay,
• prepay,
• produce,
• profit,
• provide for,
• pull off,
• punishment,
• punition,
• purchasing power,
• put out,
• quit,
• real wages,
• realize,
• recompense,
• redress,
• refinance,
• remit,
• remunerate,
• remuneration,
• render,
• repay,
• requite,
• retribution,
• retributive justice,
• return,
• reward,
• run through,
• run up against,
• salary,
• satisfy,
• schedule,
• scourge,
• serve,
• serve one out,
• serve the purpose,
• set up,
• settle,
• settle the score,
• severance pay,
• shell out,
• sink money in,
• sliding scale,
• spend,
• splurge,
• sponsor,
• squander,
• stake,
• stand under,
• stipend,
• subsidize,
• suffer,
• suffice,
• support,
• sustain,
• take and do,
• take care of,
• take-home,
• take-home pay,
• taste,
• taxable income,
• tender,
• throw money around,
• total compensation,
• undergo,
• up and do,
• wage,
• wage control,
• wage freeze,
• wage reduction,
• wage rollback,
• wage scale,
• wages,
• wages after deductions,
• wages after taxes,
• well-deserved punishment,
• what-for,
• wreak,
• yield,
• yield a profit