| 主な訳語 |
| pay⇒ vi | (make a payment) | （代金を）払う 、 支払う 自動
HHiragana（だいきんを）はらう 、 しはらう |
| | I have no money. Can you pay? |
| | 私、お金もってないんだ。君が払ってくれない？ |
pay,
pay for vtr | (give money in exchange) (対価として金を払う) | 支払いをする 、 支払う 、 代金を払う 他動
HHiraganaしはらいをする 、 しはらう 、 だいきんをはらう |
| | He paid for his dinner when the bill came. |
| | 彼は、勘定書が来ると、夕食代を払った。 |
| pay⇒ vtr | (offer as a salary) (給料) | 支給する 他動
HHiraganaしきゅうする |
| | They pay sixty thousand dollars a year. |
| | 彼らは、一年間に6万ドルを支給する。 |
| pay [sth]⇒ vtr | (settle) | ～を清算する 他動
HHiragana～をせいさんする |
| | I would like to pay my account now. |
| | 私の勘定を清算したいのですが。 |
| pay [sth] for [sth] vtr + prep | (give money for) | 払う、支払う 他動
HHiraganaはらう、しはらう |
| | What a nice dress! How much did you pay for it? |
| pay [sb] [sth] for [sth] vtr + prep | (give money in exchange) | ～に～を払う 、 支払う 他動
HHiragana～に～をはらう 、 しはらう |
| | I'll pay you ten dollars for that shirt. |
| | そのシャツに10ドルを払う(or: 支払う)よ。 |
| pay [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (offer money to do [sth]) | ～に金を払って～させる 動詞句
HHiragana～にかねをはらって～させる |
| | They paid him to redecorate their house. |
| | 彼らは彼に金を払って家の改修をさせた。 |
| pay [sb] [sth] to do [sth] v expr | (give money in exchange) | ～に〜を払って～させる 動詞句
HHiragana～に〜をはらって～させる |
| | My dad paid me five pounds to clean his car. |
| | 父は私に5ポンドを払って、車の洗車をさせた。 |
| pay [sth] (to [sb])⇒ vtr | (respects, tribute: show) (敬意など) | ～を表す 他動
HHiragana～をあらわす |
| | He paid his respects to the king. |
| | 彼は王に敬意を表した。 |
| それ以外の訳語 |
| pay n | (wages, salary) | 給料、賃金 名
HHiraganaきゅうりょう、ちんぎん |
| | The pay at this company is pretty good. |
| pay n | informal (payroll) | 給与支払名簿 名
HHiraganaきゅうよしはらいめいぼ |
| | Linda is the secretary and Betty works on invoices and pay. |
pay,
paying n as adj | US (not free of charge) | 有料の 連体句
HHiraganaゆうりょうの |
| | While most web sites are free, there are some pay sites. |
| pay to do [sth] v expr | figurative (be beneficial) (有益な) | 返ってくる 、 報いがある 動詞句
HHiraganaかえってくる 、 むくいがある |
| | It usually pays to be nice to people. |
| | 人に良くすると、大抵自分に返ってくる（or: 報いがある）。 |
| pay⇒ vi | (offer as salary) (給料を) | 支払う 自動
HHiraganaしはらう |
| | It sounds like a good job, but what do they pay? |
| pay vi | figurative (be beneficial) | 利益になる、利益をもたらす 動詞句
HHiraganaりえきになる、りえきをもたらす |
| | It just goes to show—sometimes being nice to people pays. |
| pay vi | figurative (suffer consequences) | 報いを受ける、償いをする 動詞句
HHiraganaむくいをうける、つぐないをする |
| | Don't do it! You are going to pay if you do! |
| pay for [sth] vi + prep | figurative, informal (suffer consequences) | ～の報いを受ける 動詞句
HHiragana～のむくいをうける |
| | You'll pay for what you did to me - I'll make sure of that! |
| pay [sth]⇒ vtr | nautical (let ship fall to leeward) (海事) | （船を）風下に向ける 動詞句
HHiragana（ふねを）かざしもにむける |
| pay [sth] vtr | nautical (tar ship's bottom) (船底など) | ～にタールを塗る 動詞句
HHiragana～にたーるをぬる |
| pay [sth] vtr | (yield as a return) (利益など) | ～をもたらす、与える 他動
HHiragana～をもたらす、あたえる |
| | The stock paid six percent last year. |
| pay [sth] vtr | (taxes: contribute) (税金) | ～を支払う、納付する 他動
HHiragana～をしはらう、のうふする |
| | As someone who pays her taxes, I like to have a say in what the council does with my money. |
句動詞
pay | paying |
| pay [sth] back vtr phrasal sep | (return money) (借金を) | 返す 他動
HHiraganaかえす |
| | | 返済する 他動
HHiraganaへんさいする |
| | I can't afford to pay back the fifty pounds he lent me. |
| pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep | (return money to) | （借金）を返済する、払い戻す 他動
HHiragana（しゃっきん）をへんさいする、はらいもどす |
| | I will pay you back the £5 tomorrow. |
| pay [sb] back vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (take revenge on) | ～に仕返しをする 動詞句
HHiragana～にしかえしをする |
| | After John embarrassed Susan, she paid him back by playing a joke on him. |
| pay [sb] back for [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth]) | ～に～の仕返しをする 動詞句
HHiragana～に～のしかえしをする |
| | How shall I pay him back for that dirty trick he played on me? |
| pay [sb] back for doing [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (take revenge for [sth]) | ～に～ことの仕返しをする 動詞句
HHiragana～に～ことのしかえしをする |
| | I still haven't paid you back for humiliating me in front of all my friends. |
| pay [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (make a down payment) | 頭金として〜を払う 表
HHiraganaあたまきんとして〜をはらう |
pay down [sth],
pay [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | mainly US (partly pay off, pay back: debt) | ～を返済する 他動
HHiragana～をへんさいする |
pay [sb] off,
pay off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | informal (bribe: [sb]) | ～にわいろを使う、～を金で買収する 動詞句
HHiragana～にわいろをつかう、～をかねでばいしゅうする |
| | The businesswoman wanted Leo to stay quiet about her fraudulent practices, so she paid him off. |
| pay off vi phrasal | informal (have good consequences) | 期待の効果がある、努力のかいがある、報われる、元が取れる 動詞句
HHiraganaきたいのこうかがある、どりょくのかいがある、むくわれる、もとがとれる |
| | Hard work and careful planning always pay off. |
| pay out vi phrasal | (yield a financial reward) | 利益を出す 動詞句
HHiraganaりえきをだす |
| | It will take five years for your investment to pay out. |
| pay up vi phrasal | informal (pay an amount owed) (借金など) | 完済する、清算する 自動
HHiraganaかんさいする、せいさんする |
| | (比喩) | 耳をそろえて返す 動詞句
HHiraganaみみをそろえてかえす |
| | You've owed me that money for over a month. It's time to pay up. |