Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
pay — ▪ I. pay pay 1 [peɪ] noun [uncountable] the money someone receives for the job they do: • She got the job, but it meant a big pay cut. • an increase in hourly pay • All I want is a full day s work for a full day s pay … Financial and business terms
pay up — you have one more week to pay up Syn: make payment, settle up, pay (in full); informal cough up … Thesaurus of popular words
pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… … English World dictionary
pay packet — ˈpay ˌpacket also ˈpay ˌenvelope , ˈwage ˌpacket noun [countable] 1. an envelope containing a worker s pay and a pay slip: • Workers earning £150 a week or more will receive just over £5 extra in their weekly pay packets. 2 … Financial and business terms
pay spine — ˈpay spine noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a scale showing the rates of pay for employees working at each level of an organization. It also shows the increases in pay an employee gets when they spend a certain length of time at a particular… … Financial and business terms
pay packet — pay packets 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week. [BRIT] (in AM, use pay envelope) 2) N COUNT: oft poss N You can refer to someone s wages or salary… … English dictionary
pay something back to somebody — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per … Useful english dictionary
pay somebody back something — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per … Useful english dictionary
pay period — OBED has an entry for payphone donsn t seem especially businessy so not added MS pay period ➔ period * * * pay period UK US noun [C] ► HR the amount of time that an employee works before being paid, for example a week or a month: »The length of… … Financial and business terms
pay its way — ► if a business pays its way, it makes at least the same amount of money as it costs to operate: »When Swan Lake reached the West End, there had to be eight performances a week for the production to pay its way. Main Entry: ↑pay … Financial and business terms
