Pronúncia: peɪ
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noun
- paga, pagament, remuneració, gratificació.
- [of worker] sou, salari, soldada.
- [of day labourer] jornal.
- [of professional man] honoraris.
- equal pay igualtat de salaris.
- extra pay paga extra, sobresou, sobrepaga, plus.
- retirement pay jubilació.
- (idem) Military retir.
- to be in someone's pay treballar per a algú.
- agents in the enemy's pay agents al servei de l'enemic.
- to (draw \ get) one's pay cobrar.
- the pay's not very good no és gaire ben pagat.
- it comes out of my pay es descompta del meu sou.
- to stop €£1 out of someone's pay retenir una lliura del sou d'algú.
- we'll stop it out of your pay li ho descontarem del seu sou. transitive verb [preterite & past participle paid]
- pagar.
- to pay someone £10 pagar 10 lliures a algú.
- to pay money into an account ingressar diners en un compte.
- how much is there to pay? quant cal pagar?
- to (be \ get) paid on Fridays cobrar els divendres (la setmanada).
- when do you get paid? quan cobres?
- to pay cash (down) pagar (al comptat \ bitllo-bitllo).
- shares that pay 5 % accions que rendeixen un 5 %.
- the company paid 12 % last year l'any passat la companyia va tenir un dividend del 12 %.
- to pay someone to do a job pagar algú perquè faci una feina.
- I pay you to prevent such mistakes li pago un sou per tal que impedeixi aquests errors.
- a badly paid worker un obrer mal pagat.
- a badly paid job una feina mal retribuïda.
- [account, debt] liquidar, pagar, satisfer.
- [bill, duty, fee] pagar, abonar.
- «paid» [on bill] «pagat».
- [be profitable to] ser útil, compensar.
- it wouldn't pay him to do it no li sortiria a compte, no li pagaria la pena fer-ho.
- it doesn't pay you to be kind no val la pena de ser amable.
- but it paid him in the long run a la llarga (el va compensar \ en va treure profit).
- [attention] parar, posar (to a).
- [homage] retre, rendir (to a).
- [respects] presentar.
- [visit] fer.
- to pay away pagar, despendre.
- to pay back [money] tornar, restituir, reintegrar, reembossar.
- (idem) [person] pagar.
- to pay someone back (in his own coin) pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.
- to pay down [as cash] pagar al comptat.
- (idem) [as deposit] bestreure.
- to pay for also figurative pagar per.
- he paid €£4 for it ho va pagar a 4 lliures.
- have those articles been paid for, Madam? ja han estat pagats aquests articles, senyora?
- sometimes you have to pay dearly for mistakes a vegades has de pagar cars els errors.
- to pay in ingressar, fer un ingrés.
- to pay in a cheque ingressar un xec.
- to pay off [debt, etc.] liquidar, saldar.
- (idem) [mortgage, ] amortitzar.
- (idem) [old scores] passar comptes.
- (idem) [workmen] pagar i acomiadar, despatxar.
- all his debts have been paid off tots els seus deutes han estat liquidats.
- they were paid off at the end of the trip van ser despatxats a la fi del viatge.
- to pay out [money] pagar, desembutxacar.
- (idem) [rope] amollar.
- an awful lot of money gets paid out to these people un bon grapat de cèntims fa cap a aquesta gent.
- to pay someone out pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.
- I'll pay you out for this! me la pagaràs!
- someone will try to pay you out if you trample too much on the feelings of others algú t'aclarirà els comptes si jugues gaire amb els sentiments d'altri.
- to pay over pagar, lliurar, fer a mans. intransitive verb
- pagar a.
- who pays? qui paga?
- to pay on account pagar a la bestreta.
- to pay in advance pagar per endavant.
- to pay in full pagar (del tot \ íntegrament).
- to pay in instalments pagar a terminis.
- «please pay at the door» «pagueu a l'entrada, si us plau».
- [be profitable] rendir tr, donar tr, ser profitós.
- it's a business that pays és un negoci rendible.
- it's paying at last rendeix a la fi.
- it pays to be courteous paga la pena ser cortès.
- it doesn't pay to paint it val més no pintar-ho.
- it pays to advertise compensa fer-ne publicitat.
- to pay for something pagar alguna cosa.
- he paid for it ho va pagar ell.
- they made him pay dearly for it li ho van fer pagar car.
- he paid for it up to the hilt va pagar-ho tot fins a les últimes conseqüències.
- she paid for it with her life va pagar-ho amb la vida.
- they paid for her education van pagar-li els estudis.
- I'll make you pay for this! me la pagaràs
- he invites people out and pays for them convida la gent i paga ell.
- they paid for her to go van pagar perquè hi anés.
- to pay in ingressar tr, pagar tr.
- he was paying in for twenty years de vint anys ençà havia estat pagant contribució.
- to pay off reeixir, resultar, fer fortuna.
- the ruse paid off l'estratagema va reeixir.
- it has paid off many times over ja ha resultat bé moltes vegades.
- to pay out pagar tr, abonar tr.
- to pay out on a policy pagar una pòlissa.
- we can't pay out more than we receive no podem abonar més del que rebem.
- to pay up pagar (el que es deu).
- I must pay up, and without argument or comment he de pagar (tant si m'agrada com si no \ sense dir ni piu).