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A n gen salaire m ; (to manual worker) paie f, salaire m ; (to soldier) solde f ; (to domestic) gages† mpl, salaire m ; Admin traitement m ; back pay rappel m de salaire ; extra pay prime f de salaire ; to be in the pay of sb péj être à la solde de qn ; rate of pay Admin taux de rémunération ; holidays GB ou vacation US with/without pay congés payés/sans solde ; pay and allowances rémunération principale et indemnités ; what's the pay like? est-ce que c'est bien payé? ; the pay is good c'est bien payé.
B modif [agreement, claim, negotiations, deal] salarial ; [rise, cut] de salaire ; [freeze, structure, policy] des salaires.
C vtr (prét, pp paid)
1 (for goods, services) payer [tradesman, creditor] (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; payer, régler [bill, debt, fees] ; payer [price, sum etc] (for pour) ; verser [down payment] (on sur) ; to pay cash payer comptant ; to pay £100 on account verser un acompte de 100 livres ; she paid him £300 to repair the roof elle l'a payé 300 livres pour réparer le toit ; to pay sth into verser qch sur [account] ; verser qch à [charity] ; to pay sb for his trouble payer qn de sa peine ;
2 (for regular work) payer [employee] ; to pay high/low wages payer bien/mal ; to be paid weekly/monthly être payé à la semaine/au mois ; all expenses paid tous frais payés ;
3 Fin (accrue) [account, bond] rapporter [interest] ; to pay dividends fig finir par rapporter ;
4 (give) to pay attention/heed to faire/prêter attention à ; to pay a tribute to sb rendre hommage à qn ; to pay sb a compliment faire des compliments à qn ; to pay sb a visit rendre visite à qn ;
5 (benefit) it would pay him/her etc to do fig il/elle etc y gagnerait à faire ; it would pay you to find out tu y gagnerais à te renseigner ; it pays to be honest cela paie toujours d'être honnête ; it doesn't pay to do cela ne sert à rien de faire ;
6 Naut (prét, pp paid ou payed) laisser dériver [vessel].
D vi (prét, pp paid)
1 (hand over money) payer ; she/the insurance will pay elle/l'assurance paiera ; to pay for sth payer qch also fig ; to pay dearly for sth fig payer chèrement qch ; I'll make you pay for this! fig tu me le paieras! ; I'll pay for you (in cinema etc) je vais payer pour toi ; they're paying for him to go to college/to Spain ils lui paient ses études/son voyage en Espagne ; ‘pay on entry’ ‘paiement à l'entrée’ ; you have to pay to get in l'entrée est payante ; ‘pay and display’ (in carpark) ‘payez et laissez le ticket en évidence’ ; pay on demand (on cheque) payer à vue ;
2 (settle) payer ; to pay in cash/by cheque/in instalments payer en espèces/par chèque/à tempérament ; to pay one's own way payer sa part ;
3 (reward employee) the work doesn't pay very well le travail est mal payé ;
4 (bring gain) [business] rapporter ; [activity, quality] payer ; to pay handsomely rapporter gros ; crime/dishonesty doesn't pay le crime/la malhonnêteté ne paie pas ; to pay for itself [business, purchase] s'amortir ; to make sth pay rentabiliser qch.
Idioms
there'll be hell ○ ou the devil to pay ça va barder ○ ; to pay a visit ○ euph aller au petit coin ○ .
Phrasal verbs
■ pay back :
▶ pay [sb] back (reimburse) rembourser [person] ; I'll pay him back for the trick he played on me je lui revaudrai le tour qu'il m'a joué ; he'll pay you back with interest fig il te le rendra au centuple ;
▶ pay [sth] back, pay back [sth] rembourser [money].
■ pay down :
▶ pay [sth] down verser un acompte de ; I'd like to pay £100 down je voudrais verser un acompte de 100 livres.
■ pay in GB :
▶ pay [sth] in, pay in [sth] déposer [cheque, sum].
■ pay off :
▶ pay off fig être payant ; his hard work finally paid off tout le travail qu'il a fourni a finalement été payant ;
▶ pay [sb] off, pay off [sb]
1 (dismiss from work) gen congédier [worker] ; Naut débarquer [seaman] ;
2 ○ (buy silence) acheter le silence de [possible informer] ;
▶ pay off [sth], pay [sth] off rembourser [mortgage, debt].
■ pay out :
▶ pay out [sth]
1 (hand over) débourser [sum], dépenser [sum] (in pour) ; we've paid out a lot in publicity on a beaucoup dépensé pour la publicité ; he paid out £300 for his new washing machine il a payé 300 livres sa nouvelle machine à laver ;
2 (release) laisser filer [rope].
■ pay up ○ pay up payer ; pay up! payez! ;
▶ pay up [sth] payer [amount] ; pay up the money you owe me! paie-moi l'argent que tu me dois!

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