pay

bezahlen

Jemandem Geld für etwas Gekauftes oder für geleistete Arbeit geben.

In einfachem Englisch: To give someone money for something you buy or for work they do.

• I will pay for lunch.
• She paid the driver twenty dollars.
• Do you usually pay in cash?

So benutzt man es: pay for something (We paid for the meal together.); pay someone something (They paid me fifty euros for the job.); pay by card / in cash (Can I pay by card?)

Häufige Wendungen: pay someone, pay for something, pay by card, pay in cash

begleichen, bezahlen

Das Geld zahlen, das man für eine Rechnung, eine Schuld oder eine Geldstrafe schuldet.

In einfachem Englisch: To give the money you owe for a bill, debt, or punishment.

• We must pay the rent today.
• He paid the fine last week.
• Have you paid all your debts?

So benutzt man es: pay something to someone (The company paid compensation to the injured workers.)

Synonyme: settle, discharge

Häufige Wendungen: pay a bill, pay a fine, pay your debts, pay compensation

einzahlen

Geld auf ein Bankkonto bringen.

In einfachem Englisch: To put money into a bank account.

• I pay money into my savings account.
• She paid the cheque in this morning.
• How much do you pay into that account each month?

So benutzt man es: pay something into an account (She pays her wages into a joint account.); pay something in (I paid the cheque in yesterday.)

Synonyme: deposit

Gegenteile: withdraw

Häufige Wendungen: pay money in, pay into something, pay in cash

Lohn, Gehalt

Das Geld, das man für seinen Beruf oder andere Arbeit bekommt.

In einfachem Englisch: The money you receive for doing your job or other work.

• The pay is good.
• Our weekly pay increased last month.
• Does this job offer better pay?

Synonyme: wages, salary, earnings

Häufige Wendungen: weekly pay, pay rise, pay day, low pay

kostenpflichtig

Was nur gegen Bezahlung genutzt werden kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Available only if you give money to use it.

• The match is on pay television.
• They added three new pay channels.
• Is that website a pay service?

Synonyme: paid, subscription-based

Gegenteile: free

Häufige Wendungen: pay television, pay channel, pay service

münzbetrieben

Was man erst benutzen kann, nachdem man Münzen in die Maschine geworfen hat.

In einfachem Englisch: Requiring you to put coins into a machine before you can use it.

• There is a pay toilet downstairs.
• He put two coins into the pay phone.
• The station's pay toilets only accept coins.

Synonyme: coin-operated

Häufige Wendungen: pay toilet, pay phone