[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pay \pay\, n.
   1. satisfaction; content. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. an equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or
      services performed; salary or wages for work or service;
      compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a
      clerk; the pay of a soldier.
      1913 webster

            where only merit constant pay receives. --pope.
      1913 webster

            there is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
                                                  --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay;
      especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or
      military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.
      

   half pay. see under half.

   pay day, the day of settlement of accounts.

   pay dirt mining, earth which yields a profit to the
      miner. western u.s.

   pay office, a place where payment is made.

   pay roll,
      a a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with
          the amounts due; now usually one word, payroll.
      b the total sum of money which is paid to all employees
          on payday.
          1913 webster +pjc
see also:
full pay half pay half pay day pay dirt pay office 
pay roll payroll 

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