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		|  pay 
  
 
 
 - paying money to buy sth
 1 paying for sth
 2 paying a bill
 3 methods of payment
 4 things that are paid for
 see also BUY, MONEY, PRICE, SHOP, RESTAURANT
 
 1  paying for sth
 - to give sb money for sth you want to buy: pay* (sb) (some money) (for sth); the act of paying for sth: payment (noun U); the amount that you pay for sth: payment
 How much did you pay for that picture? ◎ Payment must be made before goods are delivered. ◎ I have to make one more payment of ※£50.
 - a piece of paper showing that sth has been paid: receipt
 Could you give me a receipt?
 - to pay all the money that you owe: pay* sth off
 I'm determined to pay off all my debts.
 - to pay for sth before you receive it: pay* (for sth) in advance
 - failure to pay sth: (formal) non-payment (noun U)
 ※ paying gradually
 - the system of buying goods or services and not paying for them until later: credit (noun U); to buy sth in this way: buy* sth on credit
 a credit account (= an arrangement with a shop to buy things on credit)
 - the first payment that you have to make when you buy on credit: deposit
 - a regular payment that you make when you buy sth on credit: instalment (AmE installment)
 to pay in monthly instalments
 - the money that you pay for borrowing money: interest (on sth) (noun U)
 How much interest will I have to pay if I pay for the car over twelve months?
 ※ owing money DEBT
 ※ giving money back
 - to give back money that you owe: repay* sb (for sth), repay* sth (to sb); noun: repayment
 When are you going to repay the money I lent you?
 - to give back money that has been paid for sth (for example in a shop): refund (sb) sth, refund sth (to sb); noun: refund
 If the cruise is cancelled, they'll have to refund all the passengers the cost of their tickets. ◎ I'm going straight back to the shop to demand a refund.
 
 2  paying a bill
 - a piece of paper that shows how much you must pay for things you have bought or for a service provided, for example in a restaurant: bill (AmE check)
 Could you bring me the bill?
 - to pay what you owe when you are given a bill: pay* the bill, settle the bill
 - to share the payment of a bill, for example in a restaurant, with sb else: go* halves (with sb)
 Let's go halves, shall we?
 - an official piece of paper that lists goods or services that you have bought and which says how much you must pay for them: invoice
 - to send a bill to sb: invoice sb (for sth)
 Do I need to pay now or will you invoice me?
 - when it is time for a bill to be paid it is due for payment, (formal) payable
 - if payment is made in good time, it is prompt (adverb promptly)
 They will expect prompt payment.
 - a bill that has not been paid is unpaid
 - if you agree that you (not another person) pay for sth, you pay*, foot the bill
 It's okay, I'll pay. ◎ John footed the entire bill.
 
 3  methods of payment
 - money (coins and notes) that you can carry in your hand: cash (noun U); to pay using cash: pay* in cash
 'How do you want to pay?' 'I'll pay in cash.'
 - the money you get back if you pay more than the amount sth costs: change (noun U)
 I don't think this is the right change - I'm sure I gave you a ten-pound note.
 - a piece of paper, printed by a bank, that you can fill in, sign and use to pay for things: cheque (AmE check); to pay using a cheque: pay* by cheque (AmE check), give* sb a cheque
 Can I give you a cheque?
 - a cheque that you can change into foreign money when you are travelling abroad: traveller's cheque (AmE traveler's check)
 - a piece of paper like a cheque that you can buy from a post office and send to sb, and that they can exchange for money: postal order
 I'll send you a postal order.
 - a small plastic card that allows you to get goods and services without using money (you usually receive a bill once a month for what you have bought): credit card
 - a small plastic card that you can use to pay for goods and services; money is deducted directly from your bank account: debit card, Switch card
 - to pay using a plastic card: pay* by credit card, debit card, etc
 - an arrangement by which a bank pays a certain amount of money regularly from your account to sb, for example to pay a bill: standing order
 - an arrangement by which money is automatically taken out of your bank account in order to pay a bill: direct debit (noun U/C)
 I agreed to pay by direct debit.
 ※ more on paying by cheque or using a bank CHEQUE, BANK
 - a piece of paper that you can exchange for certain goods and services: voucher
 a gift voucher (= a voucher given to sb as a gift)
 
 4  things that are paid for
 - money that you pay for the use of a house, land, etc: rent (noun U)
 to pay the rent
 - money that you pay for driving on some roads and bridges: toll (charge)
 - money that you pay to receive a magazine regularly or to be a member of a club: subscription; to get sth by paying a subscription subscribe (to sth)
 Members must pay their subscriptions before the end of December.
 - money that is paid to sb for helping the police, finding a lost dog, etc: reward
 - money that you pay to sb because you have injured them or lost or damaged their property: compensation (noun U), damages (noun plural); verb: compensate sb (for sth)
 - money that is paid to free sb who has been captured by criminals: ransom (noun C/U)
 ※ money that you pay to people who work for you PAY
 
 
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