Real Dictionary

pay
Pay television consists of programmes and channels which are not part of a public broadcasting system, and for which people have to pay.
uncountable noun: Your pay is the money that you get from your employer as wages or salary.
verb: If a course of action pays, it results in some advantage or benefit for you.
verb: If a government or organization makes someone pay for something, it makes them responsible for providing the money for it, for example by increasing prices or taxes.
verb: If a job, deal, or investment pays a particular amount, it brings you that amount of money.
verb: If a job, deal, or investment pays, it brings you a profit or earns you some money.
verb: If you are paid to do something, someone gives you some money so that you will help them or perform some service for them.
verb: If you pay for something that you do or have, you suffer as a result of it.
verb: When you are paid, you get your wages or salary from your employer.
verb: When you pay an amount of money to someone, you give it to them because you are buying something from them or because you owe it to them. When you pay something such as a bill or a debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
verb: When you pay money into a bank account, you put the money in the account.
verb: You use pay with some nouns, for example in the expressions pay a visit and pay attention, to indicate that something is given or done.

pay in American English 1
to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered, etc.; remunerate; recompense

pay in American English 2
to coat as with pitch in order to make waterproof
transitive verb: to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like

pay in American Englishobsolete except for defs 12 and 24c 1
intransitive verb: to transfer money, goods, etc., as in making a purchase or settling a debt
transitive verb: to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something

pay in British English 1
noun: money given in return for work or services; a salary or wage
verb: to discharge (a debt, obligation, etc) by giving or doing something

pay in British English 2
verb: to caulk (the seams of a wooden vessel) with pitch or tar

pay in Hospitality
verb: When you pay something such as a check or a debt, you pay the amount that you owe.