pay betydelse and definition

Betydelse av pay på svenska

• 0 to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided:

  • How much did you pay for the tickets?

  • I pay my taxes.

  • [ + two objects ] I'll pay you the fiver back back tomorrow.

  • I paid the driver (in/with) cash.

  • Would you prefer to pay with/by cash, cheque, or credit card?

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] I think we'll need to pay a builder to take this wall down.

  • Did Linda pay you for looking after her cats while she was away?

  • I paid (out) a lot of money to get the washing machine fixed and it still doesn't work!

  • The advertising should pay for itself.

• 1 to give money to someone for work that they have done:

  • The company pays its interns $4,000 a month.

  • We pay €200 a day for this kind of work.

  • Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well.

  • Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions.

• 2 to give a profit or advantage to someone or something:

  • It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned.

• 3 to give or do something:

  • The commander paid tribute to the courage of his troops.

  • It's always nice to be paid a compliment.

  • A crowd of mourners gathered to pay their respects to the dead man.

  • You weren't paying attention to what I was saying.

  • I'll pay you a call when I'm in the area.

  • We thought we'd pay a visit to the museum while we were in Lisbon.

  • If you leave your address, I'll pay a call on you when I'm in the area.

• 4 the money you receive for doing a job:

  • It's a nice job but the pay is appalling.

• 5 to give money to someone for goods or services:

  • [ T ] We paid a lot of money for that table.

  • [ I ] Would you prefer to pay by credit card?

  • [ I ] fig. We all eventually pay for our mistakes (= suffer or are punished because of our mistakes).

  • [ T ] We’ve got to pay the rent.

  • [ T ] We have so many bills to pay.

• 6 to give money to someone that the person has earned for work done:

  • [ T ] We pay our salespeople a salary plus a bonus based on their sales.

  • [ I ] Construction jobs generally pay well.

• 7 to give a profit, advantage, or benefit:

  • [ + to infinitive ] It never pays to take risks where human safety is concerned.

  • The moral is, "Crime doesn’t pay."

• 8 to provide or do something:

  • Please pay attention.

  • It’s always nice to be paid a compliment.

• 9 to give money to someone for a product or service:

  • pay for sth Who paid for the meal?

  • pay sb to do sth We'll need to pay a builder to take this wall down.

  • pay sb for sth How much did they pay you for the computer?

  • pay sb for doing sth Did the company pay you for doing the quote?

  • pay in/with sth They paid for the car in cash.

  • pay to do sth I paid a lot of money to get the washing machine fixed and it still doesn't work!

  • pay a deposit You will need to pay a small deposit if you want us to keep the radio for you.

  • pay by cash/cheque/credit card

• 10 if something pays for itself, it works so well that it saves the same amount of money that it cost:

  • The renewable energy system will have paid for itself within ten years.

• 11 to give money to someone for work that they have done:

  • He hates his job, but at least it pays well.

  • Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions.

  • pay $20/€50/£5, etc. for sth They pay $30 an hour for editing work.

  • I don't get paid until the end of the month.

• 12 to give someone money that you owe them:

  • pay bills/rent I haven't got enough money to pay the rent this month.

  • pay a debt/fine He was ordered by the court to pay a $100,000 fine.

  • Will I have to pay income tax on any monies I receive?

  • pay sb sth We haven't yet paid the contractor what we owe him for the work.

• 13 if a business pays, it produces a profit:

  • make sth pay The cinema will be closed down at the end of October, as it has failed to attract enough patrons to make it pay.

• 14 to give an advantage to someone or something:

  • pay to do sth When it comes to your retirement, it doesn't pay to take too many risks.

• 15 if a bank account or an investment pays a particular amount of money or interest, the person who owns it will receive that amount of money or interest:

  • The account will pay 4% gross on credit balances.

  • pay interest/a return The bank will pay interest if your account is in credit.

• 16 if something you do pays dividends, it has good results at a time in the future:

  • The company found that the extra training really did pay dividends.

• 17 if a business pays its way, it makes at least the same amount of money as it costs to operate:

  • When Swan Lake reached the West End, there had to be eight performances a week for the production to pay its way.

• 18 to pay more for something than it is really worth:

  • Small businesses have always paid over the odds for office supplies.

• 19 to experience the bad result of something you have done or that someone else has done:

  • It is inexcusable for students to be paying the price for backroom deals in the student loan industry.

• 20 to pay too much money for something:

  • There's no point in getting a bargain flight only to pay through the nose for car hire.

• 21 to pay a lot of money for something:

  • Many wealthy businessmen are prepared to pay top dollar for an exclusive property in this area.

• 22 to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay:

  • I got a part-time job to help pay my way through university.

• 23 the money you receive for doing a job:

  • There has been a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.

  • Workers threatened to strike over the low pay of the support staff.

  • They agreed to give six months off work with full pay for staff whose jobs are to be outsourced.

  • The current starting pay is about $500 a week.

  • a pay award/deal/settlement Councils will have to fund the teachers' pay award from within their own resources.

  • a pay cut Employees have a choice between taking a pay cut or working more.

  • a pay hike/increase Pilots have received annual pay increases of only 1.5% since the ruling.

  • hourly/monthly/weekly pay

  • overtime/retirement pay

  • holiday/vacation pay

  • redundancy/severance pay

  • executive pay

• 24 to work for someone, especially secretly:

  • Doctors in the pay of drug companies were accused yesterday of exaggerating the benefits of antidepressant drugs for children.