pay

Pronúncia: peɪ
    noun
  1. paga, pagament, remuneració, gratificació.
  2. [of worker] sou, salari, soldada.
  3. [of day labourer] jornal.
  4. [of professional man] honoraris.
  5. equal pay igualtat de salaris.
  6. extra pay paga extra, sobresou, sobrepaga, plus.
  7. retirement pay jubilació.
  8. (idem) Military retir.
  9. to be in someone's pay treballar per a algú.
  10. agents in the enemy's pay agents al servei de l'enemic.
  11. to (draw \ get) one's pay cobrar.
  12. the pay's not very good no és gaire ben pagat.
  13. it comes out of my pay es descompta del meu sou.
  14. to stop €£1 out of someone's pay retenir una lliura del sou d'algú.
  15. we'll stop it out of your pay li ho descontarem del seu sou.
  16. transitive verb [preterite & past participle paid]
  17. pagar.
  18. to pay someone £10 pagar 10 lliures a algú.
  19. to pay money into an account ingressar diners en un compte.
  20. how much is there to pay? quant cal pagar?
  21. to (be \ get) paid on Fridays cobrar els divendres (la setmanada).
  22. when do you get paid? quan cobres?
  23. to pay cash (down) pagar (al comptat \ bitllo-bitllo).
  24. shares that pay 5 % accions que rendeixen un 5 %.
  25. the company paid 12 % last year l'any passat la companyia va tenir un dividend del 12 %.
  26. to pay someone to do a job pagar algú perquè faci una feina.
  27. I pay you to prevent such mistakes li pago un sou per tal que impedeixi aquests errors.
  28. a badly paid worker un obrer mal pagat.
  29. a badly paid job una feina mal retribuïda.

  30. [account, debt] liquidar, pagar, satisfer.
  31. [bill, duty, fee] pagar, abonar.
  32. «paid» [on bill] «pagat».

  33. [be profitable to] ser útil, compensar.
  34. it wouldn't pay him to do it no li sortiria a compte, no li pagaria la pena fer-ho.
  35. it doesn't pay you to be kind no val la pena de ser amable.
  36. but it paid him in the long run a la llarga (el va compensar \ en va treure profit).
  37. [attention] parar, posar (to a).
  38. [homage] retre, rendir (to a).
  39. [respects] presentar.
  40. [visit] fer.

  41. to pay away pagar, despendre.

  42. to pay back [money] tornar, restituir, reintegrar, reembossar.
  43. (idem) [person] pagar.
  44. to pay someone back (in his own coin) pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.

  45. to pay down [as cash] pagar al comptat.
  46. (idem) [as deposit] bestreure.
  47. to pay for also figurative pagar per.
  48. he paid €£4 for it ho va pagar a 4 lliures.
  49. have those articles been paid for, Madam? ja han estat pagats aquests articles, senyora?
  50. sometimes you have to pay dearly for mistakes a vegades has de pagar cars els errors.

  51. to pay in ingressar, fer un ingrés.
  52. to pay in a cheque ingressar un xec.

  53. to pay off [debt, etc.] liquidar, saldar.
  54. (idem) [mortgage, ] amortitzar.
  55. (idem) [old scores] passar comptes.
  56. (idem) [workmen] pagar i acomiadar, despatxar.
  57. all his debts have been paid off tots els seus deutes han estat liquidats.
  58. they were paid off at the end of the trip van ser despatxats a la fi del viatge.

  59. to pay out [money] pagar, desembutxacar.
  60. (idem) [rope] amollar.
  61. an awful lot of money gets paid out to these people un bon grapat de cèntims fa cap a aquesta gent.
  62. to pay someone out pagar algú amb la mateixa moneda.
  63. I'll pay you out for this! me la pagaràs!
  64. 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.

  65. to pay over pagar, lliurar, fer a mans.
  66. intransitive verb
  67. pagar a.
  68. who pays? qui paga?
  69. to pay on account pagar a la bestreta.
  70. to pay in advance pagar per endavant.
  71. to pay in full pagar (del tot \ íntegrament).
  72. to pay in instalments pagar a terminis.
  73. «please pay at the door» «pagueu a l'entrada, si us plau».

  74. [be profitable] rendir tr, donar tr, ser profitós.
  75. it's a business that pays és un negoci rendible.
  76. it's paying at last rendeix a la fi.
  77. it pays to be courteous paga la pena ser cortès.
  78. it doesn't pay to paint it val més no pintar-ho.
  79. it pays to advertise compensa fer-ne publicitat.

  80. to pay for something pagar alguna cosa.
  81. he paid for it ho va pagar ell.
  82. they made him pay dearly for it li ho van fer pagar car.
  83. he paid for it up to the hilt va pagar-ho tot fins a les últimes conseqüències.
  84. she paid for it with her life va pagar-ho amb la vida.
  85. they paid for her education van pagar-li els estudis.
  86. I'll make you pay for this! me la pagaràs
  87. he invites people out and pays for them convida la gent i paga ell.
  88. they paid for her to go van pagar perquè hi anés.

  89. to pay in ingressar tr, pagar tr.
  90. he was paying in for twenty years de vint anys ençà havia estat pagant contribució.

  91. to pay off reeixir, resultar, fer fortuna.
  92. the ruse paid off l'estratagema va reeixir.
  93. it has paid off many times over ja ha resultat bé moltes vegades.

  94. to pay out pagar tr, abonar tr.
  95. to pay out on a policy pagar una pòlissa.
  96. we can't pay out more than we receive no podem abonar més del que rebem.

  97. to pay up pagar (el que es deu).
  98. I must pay up, and without argument or comment he de pagar (tant si m'agrada com si no \ sense dir ni piu).