[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.
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            she pays me with disdain.           --dryden.
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   2. hence, figuratively: to compensate justly; to requite
      according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or
      retaliate upon.
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            for which, or pay me quickly, or i'll pay you. --b.
                                                  jonson.
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   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.
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            if they pay this tax, they starve.    --tennyson.
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   4. to discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render
      duty, as that which has been promised.
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            this day have i paid my vows.         --prov. vii.
                                                  14.
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   5. to give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to
      pay attention; to pay a visit.
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            not paying me a welcome.              --shak.
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   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 

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Definition of To Pay Out from dictionary.net
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