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

*

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

(intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

* Bible, (w) xix. 21

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

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(ergative) To be sold.

To promote a particular viewpoint.

(slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

* (Charles Dickens)

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 12, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC

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(professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.