pay

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From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.

From Old French peier, from Latin picāre (“to cover with pitch”).

360 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: платен (platen) — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Danish: betalings- — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Finnish: maksullinen — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Finnish: maksu- — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• French: payant — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• French: payante — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Hungarian: fizetős — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Hungarian: fizető- — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Russian: пла́тный (plátnyj) — operable or accessible on deposit of coins
• Bulgarian: платежен (platežen) — pertaining to or requiring payment
• Danish: betalings- — pertaining to or requiring payment
• Finnish: maksullinen — pertaining to or requiring payment
• Finnish: maksu- — pertaining to or requiring payment
• French: payant — pertaining to or requiring payment
• French: payante — pertaining to or requiring payment
• Russian: пла́тный (plátnyj) — pertaining to or requiring payment
• Arabic: معاش — money given in return for work
• Arabic: أجر — money given in return for work
• Bulgarian: плащане (plaštane) — money given in return for work
• Bulgarian: заплата (zaplata) — money given in return for work
• Danish: betaling — money given in return for work
• Finnish: kuukausipalkka — money given in return for work
• Finnish: vuosipalkka — money given in return for work
• Finnish: kiinteä palkka — money given in return for work
• Finnish: palkka — money given in return for work
• Finnish: liksa — money given in return for work
• French: paye — money given in return for work
• French: paie — money given in return for work
• German: Gehalt — money given in return for work
• Greek: μισθός (misthós) — money given in return for work
• Ancient Greek: μισθός (misthós) — money given in return for work
• Ancient Greek: ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion) — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: fizetés — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: zsold — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: bér — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: fizetség — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: díjazás — money given in return for work
• Hungarian: járandóság — money given in return for work
• Ingrian: palkka — money given in return for work
• Ingrian: polucka — money given in return for work
• Irish: pá — money given in return for work
• Irish: tuarastal — money given in return for work
• Italian: paga — money given in return for work
• Khmer: ប្រាក់ខែ (prak khae) — money given in return for work
• Latin: mercēs — money given in return for work
• Latin: manūpretium — money given in return for work
• Northern Mansi: ойтыл (ojtyl) — money given in return for work
• Neapolitan: pava — money given in return for work
• Old English: ġield — money given in return for work
• Ossetian: мызд (myzd) — money given in return for work
• Persian: مزد — money given in return for work
• Polish: płaca — money given in return for work
• Polish: pensja — money given in return for work
• Portuguese: pagamento — money given in return for work
• Romanian: plată — money given in return for work
• Russian: зарпла́та (zarpláta) — money given in return for work
• Scottish Gaelic: pàigh — money given in return for work
• Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh — money given in return for work
• Scottish Gaelic: tuarasdal — money given in return for work
• Serbo-Croatian: пла́та — money given in return for work
• Serbo-Croatian: pláta — money given in return for work
• Serbo-Croatian: pláća — money given in return for work
• Slovene: plača — money given in return for work
• Spanish: paga — money given in return for work
• Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — money given in return for work
• Vietnamese: lương — money given in return for work
• Vietnamese: tiền công — money given in return for work
• Walloon: paymint — money given in return for work
• Walloon: traitmint — money given in return for work
• Afrikaans: betaal — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Aklanon: bayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Albanian: paguaj — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Southern Altai: тӧлӧӧр (tölöör) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Amharic: ከፈለ (käfälä) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: دفع (dafaʕ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: دَفَع (dafaʕ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: خلص (ḵallaṣ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Arabic: دفع (dafaʕ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܪܹܥ (pareʿ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Armenian: վճարել (včarel) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Aromanian: plãtescu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Asturian: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Avar: мухь кьезе (mux̂ kklʼeze) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Azerbaijani: ödəmək — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Bashkir: түләү (tüləw) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Basque: ordaindu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Basque: pagatu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Belarusian: плаці́ць (placícʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Belarusian: заплаці́ць (zaplacícʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Bengali: টাকা দেওয়া (ṭaka deōẇa) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Breton: paeañ — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Bulgarian: пла́щам (pláštam) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Bulgarian: платя́ (platjá) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Burmese: ချေ (hkye) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Catalan: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Cebuano: bayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Chechen: ахча дала (axča dala) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Cherokee: ᎠᏈᏱᎭ (aquiyiha) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Chinese Mandarin: 付 (fù) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Chinese Mandarin: 支付 (zhīfù) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Chinese Mandarin: 給錢 /给钱 (gěiqián) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Chinese Mandarin: 納 /纳 (nà) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulipva — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Czech: platit — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Dalmatian: pacur — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Danish: betale — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Dutch: betalen — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Esperanto: pagi — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Estonian: maksma — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Even: тамдай (tamdaj) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Evenki: тама- (tama-) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Faroese: gjalda — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Faroese: rinda — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Fataluku: selu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Finnish: maksaa — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Finnish: korvata — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Finnish: antaa korvaus — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• French: payer — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Old Frisian: jelda — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• West-Frisian: betelje — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Friulian: paiâ — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Friulian: pajâ — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Galician: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Georgian: გადახდა (gadaxda) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• German: bezahlen — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• German: zahlen — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• German: zale — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Greek: πληρώνω (pliróno) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ancient Greek: τίνω (tínō) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Gujarati: પગાર આપવો (pagār āpavo) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Gujarati: કીમત આપવી (kīmat āpavī) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Haitian Creole: peye — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Hebrew: שילם \ שִׁלֵּם (shilém) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Higaonon: bayadan — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Hiligaynon: bayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Hindi: पैसे देना (paise denā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• White Hmong: theem — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Hungarian: fizet — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Hungarian: kifizet — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Icelandic: borga — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Icelandic: greiða — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Icelandic: gjalda — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ido: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Indonesian: membayar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ingush: ахча дала (axča dala) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Interlingua: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Irish: íoc — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Irish: díol — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Italian: pagare — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Japanese: 払う (harau) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Japanese: 支払う (shiharau) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Javanese: mbayar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Jeju: 내다 (naeda) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Kalmyk: өгх (ögx) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Kannada: ತೆರು (teru) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Kazakh: төлеу (töleu) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ket: ӄыбет (ḳybet) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Khmer: បង់ថ្លៃ (bɑng tlay) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Khmer: ចេញថ្លៃ (jəñ tlay) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Khmer: បង់លុយ (bɑng luy) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Korean: 지불하다 (jibulhada) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Korean: 내다 (naeda) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Korean: 계산하다 (gyesanhada) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Kyrgyz: төлөө (tölöö) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Lao: ຈ່າຍ (chāi) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Latgalian: moksuot — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Latin: solvo — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Latin: persolvo — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Latin: defungor — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Latvian: maksāt — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Limburgish: kaupe — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Limburgish: gelje — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Lingala: futa — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Lingala: kofuta — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Lithuanian: sumokėti — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Low German: betalen — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Luxembourgish: bezuelen — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Macedonian: плаќа (plaḱa) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Macedonian: плати (plati) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Makasae: seluru — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Malay: bayar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Maltese: ħallas — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Mansaka: bayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Māori: utua — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Mòcheno: zoln — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Mongolian: төлөх (tölöx) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Mongolian: тушаах (tušaax) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Nepali: तिर्नु (tirnu) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Norman: payi — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Norwegian Bokmål: betale — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Occitan: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Old English: ġieldan — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Old Tupi: epyme'eng — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Old Tupi: moepy — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Oromo: kaffaluu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ossetian: фидын (fidyn) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Persian: پرداختن (pardâxtan) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Polish: płacić — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Polish: zapłacić — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Portuguese: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Quechua: kañiy — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romanian: plăti — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romansh: pajar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romansh: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romansh: pajear — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romansh: pajer — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Romansh: paer — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Russian: плати́ть (platítʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Russian: заплати́ть (zaplatítʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Russian: опла́чивать (opláčivatʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Russian: оплати́ть (oplatítʹ) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sango: futa — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sardinian: pacare — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sardinian: pagae — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sardinian: pagai — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sardinian: pagare — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sardinian: boidare — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Scottish Gaelic: pàigh — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Serbo-Croatian: платити — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Serbo-Croatian: плаћати — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Serbo-Croatian: platiti — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Serbo-Croatian: plaćati — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sicilian: pagari — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Sinhalese: ගෙවනවා (gewanawā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Slovak: platiť — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Slovak: zaplatiť — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Slovene: plačati — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Slovene: plačevati — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Somali: bixin — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: comprar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: cashquear — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: garpar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: costear — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: recudir — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Spanish: abonar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Swahili: lipa — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Swedish: betala — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Swedish: erlägga — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tagalog: magbayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tajik: пардохтан (pardoxtan) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tatar: түләргә (tülärgä) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tausug: bayad — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tetum: selu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Thai: จ่าย (jàai) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Turkish: ödemek — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ottoman Turkish: اودهمك (ödemek) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Turkmen: ödemek — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tuvan: төлээр (töleer) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tuvan: төлеп бээр (tölep beer) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Tyap: tan — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ukrainian: плати́ти (platýty) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Ukrainian: заплати́ти (zaplatýty) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: قیمت دینا (qīmat denā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: ادا کرنا (adā karnā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: ویتن دینا (vetan denā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: چکانا (cukānā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: رقم دینا (raqm denā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Urdu: پیسے دینا (paise denā) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Uyghur: تۆلىمەك (tölimek) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Uzbek: toʻlamoq — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Uzbek: тўламоқ (toʻlamoq) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Venetan: pagàre — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Venetan: pagar — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Vietnamese: trả — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Vietnamese: thanh toán — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Volapük: pelön — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Walloon: payî — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Welsh: talu — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Wolof: fey — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Yiddish: באַצאָלן (batsoln) — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Yoruba: sanwó — to give money in exchange for goods or services
• Bulgarian: заплащам (zaplaštam) — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Finnish: maksaa — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• French: payer — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• French: verser — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• French: régler — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Hindi: चुकाना (cukānā) — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Hungarian: kifizet — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Hungarian: befizet — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Hungarian: folyósít — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Hungarian: rendez — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Plautdietsch: betolen — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Ottoman Turkish: اودهمك (ödemek) — to discharge by giving or doing what is due or required
• Bulgarian: изплащам се (izplaštam se) — to be profitable for
• Bulgarian: изгоден съм (izgoden sǎm) — to be profitable for
• Finnish: kannattaa — to be profitable for
• Hungarian: kifizetődik — to be profitable for
• Hungarian: megéri — to be profitable for
• Hungarian: rentábilis — to be profitable for
• Finnish: antaa — to give (e.g. attention)
• French: donner — to give (e.g. attention)
• German: schenken — to give (e.g. attention)
• German: gebühren — to give (e.g. attention)
• Hungarian: szentel — to give (e.g. attention)
• Hungarian: fordít — to give (e.g. attention)
• Portuguese: prestar — to give (e.g. attention)
• Russian: уделя́ть (udeljátʹ) — to give (e.g. attention)
• Russian: удели́ть (udelítʹ) — to give (e.g. attention)
• Spanish: prestar — to give (e.g. attention)
• Walloon: payî — to give (e.g. attention)
• Czech: vyplatit se — to be profitable
• Danish: betale sig — to be profitable
• Danish: lønne sig — to be profitable
• Dutch: lonen — to be profitable
• Dutch: opbrengen — to be profitable
• Esperanto: profitigi — to be profitable
• Finnish: kannattaa — to be profitable
• French: payer — to be profitable
• German: sich lohnen — to be profitable
• Greek: αποδίδω (apodído) — to be profitable
• Hungarian: megéri — to be profitable
• Hungarian: kifizetődik — to be profitable
• Hungarian: jövedelmez — to be profitable
• Hungarian: rentábilis — to be profitable
• Latin: compenso — to be profitable
• Latin: penso — to be profitable
• Latin: repenso — to be profitable
• Norwegian Bokmål: lønne seg — to be profitable
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løne seg — to be profitable
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lønne seg — to be profitable
• Portuguese: compensar — to be profitable
• Romanian: merita — to be profitable
• Romanian: a fi profitabil — to be profitable
• Russian: окупа́ться (okupátʹsja) — to be profitable
• Russian: окупи́ться (okupítʹsja) — to be profitable
• Scottish Gaelic: pàigh — to be profitable
• Serbo-Croatian: isplatiti se — to be profitable
• Slovene: izplačati se — to be profitable
• Spanish: pagar — to be profitable
• Spanish: redituar — to be profitable
• Spanish: valer la pena — to be profitable
• Spanish: salir a cuenta — to be profitable
• Swedish: betala sig — to be profitable
• Swedish: löna sig — to be profitable
• Walloon: ripayî — to be profitable
• Bulgarian: изплащам (izplaštam) — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Finnish: maksaa — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• French: payer — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Haitian Creole: peye — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Hungarian: kifizet — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Hungarian: megfizet — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Hungarian: törleszt — intransitive: to discharge an obligation or debt
• Finnish: maksaa — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• French: payer — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Hungarian: fizet — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Hungarian: megfizet — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Hungarian: bűnhődik — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Hungarian: lakol — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Polish: płacić — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Polish: zapłacić — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Spanish: pagar — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Spanish: atenerse (a) — intransitive: to suffer consequences — see also pay the price
• Bulgarian: калафатя (kalafatja) — to cover with a waterproof substance
• Finnish: tervata — to cover with a waterproof substance
• Finnish: pietä — to cover with a waterproof substance
• Finnish: tiivistää — to cover with a waterproof substance
• Spanish: calafatear — to cover with a waterproof substance