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WIKTIONARY
paying
Verb
  • present participle of pay
Noun
  • payment
pay
Verb
  • To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. transitive
  • To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. transitive, intransitive
  • To be profitable for. transitive
  • To give (something else than money). transitive
  • To be profitable or worth the effort. intransitive
  • To discharge an obligation or debt. intransitive
  • To suffer consequences. intransitive
Noun
  • Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
Adjective
  • Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
  • Pertaining to or requiring payment.
Verb
  • To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. nautical, transitive