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pay
pay [{{t}}peɪ]
payer1(a), 2 régler1(a), 2 rapporter à1(b) salaire3 paie3 traitement3
(pt & pp paid [{{t}}peɪd])
1 transitive verb
(a) (person) payer; (bill, debt) payer, régler; (fine, taxes, fare, sum of money) payer; {{}}Stock Exchange{{}} (dividend) distribuer; (premium) verser, acquitter;
she's paid £2,000 a month elle est payée ou elle touche 2000 livres par mois;
you should pay someone to do it for you vous devriez payer quelqu'un pour le faire à votre place;
to be paid by the hour/the week être payé à l'heure/la semaine;
badly paid job travail m mal payé;
I wouldn't do it if you paid me je ne le ferais pas même si on me payait;
I paid her £20 je lui ai payé 20 livres;
{{}}familiar{{}} shut up and pay the man! ferme-la et casque!;
you pay £100 now, the rest later vous payez 100 livres maintenant, le solde plus tard;
he paid £20 for the watch il a payé la montre 20 livres;
to pay cash (down) payer en liquide ou en espèces;
have you paid your union dues? avez-vous payé vos cotisations syndicales?;
the rent is paid up until the end of May le loyer est payé jusqu'à la fin mai;
they've paid their debt to society ils ont payé leur dette envers la société
to pay one's way payer sa part;
is the business paying its way? cette affaire est-elle rentable?;
it's a small price to pay for peace of mind c'est faire un bien petit sacrifice pour avoir sa tranquillité d'esprit
(b) {{}}figurative{{}} (benefit) rapporter à;
it pays them to use immigrant labour cela leur rapporte d'utiliser la main-d'œuvre immigrée;
it'll pay you to start now vous avez intérêt à commencer tout de suite;
it'll pay you to keep quiet! tu as intérêt à tenir ta langue!
(c) (give)
pay attention! faites attention!;
nobody pays any attention to me personne ne m'écoute;
to pay a call on sb, to pay sb a visit rendre visite à qn;
to pay one's respects to sb présenter ses respects à qn;
to pay one's (last) respects to sb rendre les derniers devoirs à qn;
to pay tribute or homage to sb rendre hommage à qn
2 intransitive verb
payer, régler;
to pay by cheque payer ou régler par chèque;
to pay in cash payer en liquide ou en espèces;
how would you like to pay? comment souhaitez-vous régler?
to pay on delivery payer à la livraison;
to pay in advance payer d'avance;
to pay in full payer intégralement ou en totalité;
to pay on demand or on presentation payer à vue ou à présentation;
{{}}Finance{{}} pay to bearer payez au porteur;
{{}}Finance{{}} pay to bearer clause clause f au porteur;
the job pays very well le travail est très bien payé;
to pay on the nail payer rubis sur ongle;
after two years the business was beginning to pay après deux ans, l'affaire était devenue rentable;
{{}}figurative{{}} it pays to be honest l'honnêteté est toujours récompensée;
crime doesn't pay le crime ne paie pas
3 noun
(gen) salaire m, paie f; (of domestic staff) gages mpl; (of civil servant) traitement m; {{}}Military{{}} solde f;
my first month's pay ma première paie, mon premier salaire;
the pay is good c'est bien payé;
he's in the pay of the enemy il est à la solde de l'ennemi
4 compound-forming noun
(a) (demand, negotiations) salarial; (increase, cut) de salaire
(b) (not free) payant
(c) {{}}Mining{{}} (deposit) exploitable
►► pay advice slip fiche f de paie;
pay award augmentation f de salaire;
{{}}British{{}} pay bed lit m payant;
{{}}British{{}} pay cheque, {{}}American{{}} pay check chèque m de salaire;
pay day jour m de paie;
pay dirt (earth) gisement m; {{}}familiar{{}} (discovery) trouvaille f;
to hit pay dirt trouver un bon filon;
{{}}American{{}} pay envelope (envelope) enveloppe f contenant le salaire; (money) paie f, salaire m;
pay formula formule f de paie;
pay freeze gel m ou blocage m des salaires;
pay increase augmentation f de salaire;
pay ledger livre m de paie;
{{}}British{{}} pay packet (envelope) enveloppe f contenant le salaire; (money) paie f, salaire m;
pay rise augmentation f de salaire;
pay slip bulletin m de paie;
{{}}American{{}} pay station téléphone m public;
pay television, pay TV chaîne f à péage
pay back separable transitive verb
(a) (loan, lender) rembourser;
she paid her father back the sum she had borrowed elle remboursa à son père la somme qu'elle avait empruntée
(b) (retaliate against) rendre la monnaie de sa pièce à;
I'll pay you back for that! tu me le paieras!
pay for inseparable transitive verb
(a) (item, task) payer;
who paid for the drinks? qui est-ce qui a payé les consommations?;
I paid good money for that! ça m'a coûté cher!;
you get what you pay for la qualité est en rapport avec le prix (que vous payez);
it's all paid for (someone has paid for everything) tout a été réglé; (I've paid for everything) c'est à mes frais;
a free holiday with everything paid for des vacances gratuites tout compris;
the ticket pays for itself after two trips le billet est amorti dès le deuxième voyage
(b) (crime, mistake) payer;
he'll pay for this!, I'll make him pay for this! il me le paiera!;
you'll pay for this tomorrow (for drinking too much etc) tu vas en subir les conséquences demain;
to pay dearly for sth payer chèrement qch;
he paid for his mistake with his life il a payé son erreur de sa vie
pay in separable transitive verb
{{}}British{{}} (cheque) déposer sur un compte; (money) verser sur un compte;
I'd like to pay this cheque in j'aimerais déposer ce chèque sur mon compte
pay into
1 separable transitive verb
to pay money into an account alimenter un compte, approvisionner un compte;
to pay money into sb's account verser de l'argent au compte de qn;
to pay a cheque into the bank déposer un chèque à la banque;
I'd like to pay this cheque into my account j'aimerais déposer ce chèque sur mon compte
2 inseparable transitive verb
to pay into a pension scheme cotiser à un plan de retraite
pay off
1 separable transitive verb
(a) (debt) payer, régler, s'acquitter de; (loan) rembourser;
it takes years to pay off a mortgage il faut des années pour rembourser un emprunt-logement
(b) (dismiss, lay off) licencier, congédier;
he threatened to pay us all off il a menacé de nous mettre tous à la porte
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (bribe) acheter ;
they paid off the police chief ils ont acheté le chef de la police
2 intransitive verb
être payant, porter ses fruits;
moving the company out of London really paid off le transfert de la société hors de Londres a été bénéfique;
all these years of work have paid off at last nous sommes enfin récompensés après toutes ces années de travail
pay out separable transitive verb
(a) (money) payer, débourser
(b) (rope) laisser filer
pay up
1 intransitive verb
payer;
pay up or else! payez, sinon…!
2 separable transitive verb
(sum) payer

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