Verb

To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

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(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.

* (Bible), (Psalms) xxxvii. 21

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.

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To be profitable for.

To give (something else than money).

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

not paying me a welcome

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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.

To be profitable or worth the effort.

To discharge an obligation or debt.

To suffer consequences.

Verb

(en verb)

(nautical) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

*Bible, (w) xxix. 36

*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.

(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a

*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.

(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

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(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

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(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

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(lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

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(lb) To happen, to present itself.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.

*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:

*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.

(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.

*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:without offering at any other remedy

(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.

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