- pay
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ hourly, monthly, weekly▪ full, half (both esp. BrE)▪
He has taken leave on half pay.
▪ high▪ low, poor▪workers on low pay
▪ average▪ equal▪equal pay for men and women
▪ base (AmE), basic▪ gross▪ take-home▪the average take-home pay of a manual worker
▪ holiday (BrE), vacation (AmE)▪ maternity (BrE)▪ overtime▪ redundancy (BrE), severance (esp. AmE)▪ retirement (esp. AmE)▪ sick (esp. BrE), sickness (BrE)▪ back▪The workers are demanding their back pay.
▪ merit (AmE), performance (esp. BrE), performance-related (esp. BrE)▪ bonus (esp. AmE), incentive (AmE)… OF PAY▪ level, rate▪The job offers good rates of pay and excellent conditions.
VERB + PAY▪ earn, get, receive▪ give sb▪ cut, dock, slash▪He cut management pay by 15%.
▪ boost, double, increase, raise▪He doubled his pay by accepting bribes.
PAY + NOUN▪ day▪ cheque (BrE) (paycheck in AmE), packet (BrE)▪the money in my weekly pay packet
▪ package▪His pay package including bonuses was worth at least $12 million.
▪ slip (BrE), stub (AmE)▪ hike (esp. AmE), increase, raise (AmE), rise (BrE)▪ cut▪ freeze (esp. BrE)▪ claim, demand (both esp. BrE)▪ bargaining, negotiations (both BrE)▪ agreement, award, deal, offer, settlement (all esp. BrE)▪ dispute (esp. BrE), strike (BrE)▪ levels, rates▪industrial unrest over pay levels in the public sector
▪ grade, scale, structure (esp. BrE)▪He's at the top of his company's pay scale.
▪ equity (esp. AmE), parity (BrE)▪Women are still decades away from achieving pay equity with men.
▪ differential, disparityPREPOSITION▪ on … pay▪Women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full pay.
▪ with pay▪a day off with pay
▪ without pay▪He has been suspended without pay.
PHRASES▪ a cut in pay, an increase in pay, a reduction in pay{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ handsomely, well▪She pays her workers very well.
▪ dearly (figurative)▪He will pay dearly for what he did.
▪ gladly▪I would gladly pay for the benefits such a tax would bring.
▪ typically▪Clients typically pay about $2 400 per month.
▪ up▪I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
VERB + PAY▪ have to, must▪ be able to, can, can afford to▪help for those who are genuinely not able to pay
▪ be unable to, cannot, can't afford to▪Protesters chanted ‘Can't pay! Won't pay!’
▪ expect (sb) to▪You can expect to pay £200 a night at this hotel.
▪ be liable to (esp. BrE)▪It is for the courts to decide who is liable to pay damages.
▪ be ordered to, be required to▪The company was ordered to pay the workers £5 000 in compensation each.
▪ agree to, be prepared to, be willing to, offer to, promise to▪ fail to, neglect to▪He was made bankrupt for failing to pay debts of over £2 million.
▪ refuse to▪ help (to)▪The revenue will be used to help pay for environmental improvements.
▪ get sb to, make sb▪If he had killed Caroline, then Mac was going to make him pay the price.
▪ let sb▪She wouldn't let me pay for my ticket.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪How much did you pay for your new car?
▪ to▪We pay £200 a week to our landlord.
PHRASES▪ ability to pay▪Taxation should be based on the ability to pay.
Pay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advance, ↑arrears, ↑attention, ↑balance, ↑bill, ↑bonus, ↑bribe, ↑call, ↑cash, ↑charge, ↑check, ↑claim, ↑commission, ↑compensation, ↑compliment, ↑contribution, ↑cost, ↑creditor, ↑damage, ↑debt, ↑deposit, ↑difference, ↑dividend, ↑dowry, ↑duty, ↑employee, ↑equivalent, ↑expense, ↑fare, ↑fee, ↑fine, ↑fortune, ↑instalment, ↑insurance, ↑interest, ↑invoice, ↑maintenance, ↑mercenary, ↑minimum, ↑money, ↑mortgage, ↑penalty, ↑penance, ↑pension, ↑postage, ↑premium, ↑ransom, ↑rate, ↑recompense, ↑refund, ↑regard, ↑rent, ↑respect, ↑reward, ↑royalty, ↑salary, ↑settlement, ↑staff, ↑subscription, ↑subsidy, ↑sum, ↑supplement, ↑support, ↑surcharge, ↑tariff, ↑tax, ↑toll, ↑total, ↑tribute, ↑tuition, ↑visit, ↑wage, ↑worker
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
