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payed
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
A form of pay.
- verb
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
I paid four dollars for this sandwich
- verb
convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
Don't pay him any mind
- verb
cancel or discharge a debt
pay up, please!
- verb
bring in
interest bearing accounts
- verb
do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
- noun
something that remunerates
wages were paid by cash
Word history
History of pay
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word It’s archaic, technical or obscure, so it scores as a bonus word.