payとは 意味・定義・例文
Noun 名詞
給料, 賃金
How much is your pay?
Verb 動詞
1. give someone money for something that you buy from them
～に料金を支払う
Can I pay with credit card?
2. 〔pay the penalty[price] for〕 suffer or be punished for an (wrong) action
～のつけを支払う
I'm now paying the price for not studying hard. You'll pay for this one day!
3. give someone money for the job that they do for you
～に給料を支払う
We pay him $50 a day.
4. 〔pay attention to〕 give your attention to something by listening or watch carefully
～に注意を払う
Please pay more attention from now on. Don't pay any attention to her. He paid no attention the teacher. ー He didn't listen to the teacher.
5. give a person, organization, or government money owed to them as a debt, bill, or tax
～に借金[請求, 税金]を支払う
If you earn below $30,000 a year, you pay no income tax.
6. 〔pay respect to〕 send polite greetings to someone or visit them
～のところへ行って敬意を表する
I came out here yesterday to pay my respect to the Count. She turned out yesterday to pay her last respect(=go to someone's funeral).
7. be worth doing because you get a profit or advantage from it; be profitable or advantageous
割に合う
This business pays well. Crime doesn't pay.
8. 〔pay tribute to〕 express admiration of; praise
～を敬意を払う, ～を賞賛する
a symposium organized to pay tribute to Newton They paid a high tribute to her merits.
9. suffer or be punished for an (wrong) action; pay the penalty or price for
弁償する, 被る
I'll pay for the damage.
～を訪れる