pays
Settles the tab
Pays is the third person singular of pay.
Someone pays when they give money in exchange for goods or services: She pays her rent on time.
Pays also works figuratively—attention pays off, crime doesn't pay, hard work pays dividends.
To say something pays is to say it yields returns: It pays to be careful.
Fixed periodic employment payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- paycheckCompensation for labor
stipend · fee · honorarium · commission · bonus · gratuity · tip · allowance
Western European republic
- GermanyCentral European nation
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- BrazilLargest South American nation
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
Australia · India · China · Mexico · Italy · Spain · Russia · Kenya
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
paycheck · stipend · fee · honorarium · commission · bonus · gratuity · tip · allowance · remuneration
France
Western European republic
Canada · Australia · India · China · Mexico · Italy · Spain · Russia · Kenya · Argentina
economy
System of trade and production
deficit · currency · inflation · tariff · fiscal · market · recession · growth · investment · exports
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- terrainLand's physical features
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- regionIndefinite bounded area
province · territory · countryside · homeland · borders · coastline · mountain · valley · river · climate
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- French Communescommune, municipal council, town council, adjoint, deputy mayor
- pay attentionConcentrate on something
- paying attentionDirecting focus toward something
- pay offDischarge a debt
- pay forProvide money owed
- pay backReturn money owed
- paying offProducing desired results
pay, payment, paying, repay, repayment, payments, taxpayer, payable, payer