paying

Adjective

Synonyms: gainful paid compensable remunerative salaried stipendiary

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

yielding a fair profitSynonyms: gainful paid
for which money is paid“a paying job”“remunerative work”“salaried employment”“stipendiary services”Synonyms: compensable remunerative salaried stipendiary

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pay \Pay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid (p[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]

1.To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. [1913 Webster]

May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy].— P. Plowman.[1913 Webster]

[She] pays me with disdain.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. [1913 Webster]

For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you.— B. Jonson.[1913 Webster]

3.To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." --Matt. xviii. 28. [1913 Webster]

Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.— Matt. xviii. 26.[1913 Webster]

If they pay this tax, they starve.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

4.To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. [1913 Webster]

This day have I paid my vows.— Prov. vii. 14.[1913 Webster]

5.To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. [1913 Webster]

Not paying me a welcome.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. (c) to bribe.

To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior.

To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under Cable.

To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

paying \paying\ n.

1.the act of paying money.

Syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment. [WordNet 1.5]

paying \paying\ adj. yielding material gain or profit; as, paying investments. [Ant: unprofitable]

Syn: profitable. [WordNet 1.5]

2.providing a salary for work performed; as, a paying job. [prenominal] [Ant: unpaid]

Syn: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary, gainful. [WordNet 1.5]