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

pay \pay\, v. t. imp.  p. p. paid p=ad; p. pr.  vb. n.
   paying. oe. paien, f. payer, fr. l. pacare to pacify,
   appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. see peace.
   1. to satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy another
      person for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to
      discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to
      compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as,
      to pay workmen or servants.
      1913 webster

            may no penny ale them pay i. e., satisfy. --p.
                                                  plowman.
      1913 webster

            she pays me with disdain.           --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, figuratively: to compensate justly; to requite
      according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
      retaliate upon.
      1913 webster

            for which, or pay me quickly, or i'll pay you. --b.
                                                  jonson.
      1913 webster

   3. to discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving
      or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or
      value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a
      debt by delivering money owed. "pay me that thou owest."
      --matt. xviii. 28.
      1913 webster

            have patience with me, and i will pay thee all.
                                                  --matt. xviii.
                                                  26.
      1913 webster

            if they pay this tax, they starve.    --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   4. to discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
      duty, as that which has been promised.
      1913 webster

            this day have i paid my vows.         --prov. vii.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

   5. to give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
      pay attention; to pay a visit.
      1913 webster

            not paying me a welcome.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   to pay off.
      a to make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
          the crew of a ship.
      b to allow a thread, cord, etc. to run off; to unwind.
      c to bribe.

   to pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
      other superior.

   to pay out naut., to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
      allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. see under
      cable.

   to pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
      colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
paid paying peace to pay off to pay one's duty to pay out 
cable to pay the piper 

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

paying \paying\ n.
   1. the act of paying money.

   syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment.
        wordnet 1.5

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

paying \paying\ adj.
   yielding material gain or profit; as, paying investments.
   ant: unprofitable

   syn: profitable.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. providing a salary for work performed; as, a paying job.
      prenominal ant: unpaid

   syn: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary,
        gainful.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
unprofitable unpaid 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

paying
     adj 1: yielding a fair profit syn: gainful, paid
     2: for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative
        work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" syn:
         compensable, payinga, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary
see also:
gainful paid compensable payinga remunerative salaried 
stipendiary 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "paying":
   acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, advantageous, amortization,
   amortizement, banausic, binder, breadwinning, cash, cash payment,
   clearance, compensating, compensative, compensatory, debt service,
   defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out,
   down payment, earnest, earnest money, fat, gainful, good,
   hire purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan,
   interest payment, liquidation, lucrative, moneymaking,
   monthly payments, never-never, paying off, paying out, paying up,
   payment, payment in kind, payoff, prepayment, productive,
   profitable, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments,
   remittance, remunerative, reparative, repaying, retirement,
   retributive, retributory, rewardful, rewarding, satisfaction,
   satisfying, settlement, sinking-fund payment, solvent, sound,
   spot cash, weekly payments, well-paying, worthwhile

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