pay

1. (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.Examples: "How much will the job pay?"; "he paid him to clean the place up"; "he paid her off the books and in kind where possible"ambitransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.Examples: "she offered to pay the bill"; "he has paid his debt to society"; "The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again."ambitransitive

3. (transitive) To be profitable for.Examples: "It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more."transitive

4. (transitive) To give (something else than money).Examples: "to pay attention"; "not paying me a welcome"; "They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."transitive

5. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.Examples: "crime doesn’t pay"; "it will pay to wait"intransitive

6. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.Examples: "He was allowed to go as soon as he paid."intransitive