Meaning of "pay"

pay •

v.
• • 1. to give money to for things or work: magbayad, bayaran, umupa, upahan
  • 2. to give money for: magbayad, bayaran
  • 3. to give the salary of: magsuweldo, suwelduhan, magpasahod, pasahurin
  • 4. to give, to offer: magbigay, bigyan, ibigay, magukol, pag-ukulan, iukol
  • 5. to give a profit, to be worth while: magtubo, pagtubuan, magbunga, makinabang, pakinabangan

n.
• • 1. money given for services or work: upa, suweldo, sahod
  • 2. payment for things bought: bayad, kabayaran
  • 3. in the pay of, paid by and working for: nasa paglilingkod
  • 4. to pay back means (a) to return borrowed money: magbayad ng utang (hiniram), bayaran ang utang (hiniram) (b) to give the same treatment as received: gumanti, gantihan
  • 5. to pay off, to give all the money that is owed, to pay in full: magbayad nang husto, bayaran nang husto
  • 6. to pay up, to pay: magbayad, bayaran
  • 7. to pay by installment: maghulog, hulugan

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give

v.
• • 1. to hand over (gen. meaning): magbigay, bigyan, ibigay
  • 2. to hand over a present without pay: maghandog, handugan, ihandog, magregalo, regaluhan, iregalo
  • 3. to pay: magbayad, ibayad, bayaran
  • 4. to give back, to return: magbalik, ibalik, magsauli, isauli
  • 5. to give out, to distribute: mamigay, ipamigay, mamahagi, ipamahagi, mangalat, ipangalat

deposit

v.
• • 1. to put in a place for safe-keeping: magdeposito, ideposito, maglagak, ilagak
  • 2. to put down: maglapag, ilapag, maglagay, ilagay
  • 3. to pay as a pledge of full payment: magdeposito, deposituhan, ideposito

n.
• • the sum deposited: deposito, lagak

repay

v.
• • 1. to pay back: magbayad, bayaran
  • 2. to make a return for: gumanti, gantihin

recompense

v.
• • 1. to reward: maggantimpala, gantimpalaan, magpabuya, pabuyaan
  • 2. to repay, to pay: magbayad, bayaran
  • 3. to make a fair return for anything lost, damage done, hurt received, etc., to recompensate: magbayad, bayaran, pagbayaran, makinabang, pakinabangan

n.
• • 1. a payment: bayad, kabayaran, upa, kaupahan
  • 2. a compensation: gantimpala, bayad-pagal
  • 3. a reward: pabuya, gantimpala

bayad

n.
• • payment, fare

v.
• • magbayad, bayaran (mag-:-an) to pay for, to compensate. Magbayad tayo ng utang. Let's pay the debt. Bayaran mo ang kinain natin. Pay for what we have eaten.

suweldo

n.
• • pay, salary, wage

v.
• • sumueldo (-um-) to receive one's pay or salary. Sumuweldo ako kahapon. I got paid yesterday. magsuweldo, isuweldo (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to pay one's salary