Pay and peace?

Thinkings and poems 1 Minute
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verb
verb: pay; 3rd person present: pays; past tense: paid; past participle: paid; gerund or present participle: paying
  1. 1.
    give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.
    “the traveller paid a guide to show him across”
    synonyms: reward, reimburse, recompense, give payment to, settle up with,remunerate, tip, indemnify More
    • give (a sum of money) in exchange for goods or work done or to settle a debt.
      “the company was rumoured to have paid 450p a share”
      synonyms:

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      		 spend, expend, pay out, lay out, part with, disburse, hand over,remit, render; More
    • hand over or transfer the amount due of (a debt, wages, etc.) to someone.
      “I always prefer to pay all my bills by cheque”
      synonyms: discharge, settle, pay off, pay in full, meet, clear, square, defray,honour, satisfy, make good, liquidate

      “the company was unable to pay its debts”
    • (of work, an investment, etc.) provide someone with (a sum of money).
      “jobs that pay £5 an hour”
    • (of a business, activity, or an attitude) be profitable or advantageous.
      “crime doesn’t pay”
      synonyms: yield, pay out, return, produce, bring in; More
  2. 2.
    suffer a misfortune as a consequence of an action.
    “the destroyer would have to pay with his life”
    synonyms: suffer, suffer the consequences, be punished, pay a penalty, atone,make atonement, pay the price, get one’s deserts, take one’s medicine;

    informal get one’s comeuppance
    “I’ll make him pay for his mistakes”
  3. 3.
    give (attention, respect, or a compliment) to (someone).
    “no one paid them any attention”
    synonyms: bestow, present, grant, give, hand out, extend, offer, proffer, render,afford

    “he had always found it difficult to pay Martha compliments”
    • make (a visit or call) to (someone).
      “she has been prevailed upon to pay us a visit”
    • give what is due or deserved to.
      “it was his way of paying out Maguire for giving him the push”
noun
noun: pay
  1. 1.
    the money paid to someone for regular work.
    “an entitlement to sickness pay”
    synonyms: salary, wages, wage, take-home pay, gross/net pay, payment; More
Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘pacify’): from Old French paie (noun), payer (verb), from Latin pacare ‘appease’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. The notion of ‘payment’ arose from the sense of ‘pacifying’ a creditor.
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