pay

payer

Donner de l’argent à quelqu’un pour un achat ou un travail effectué.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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?)

Expressions courantes : pay someone, pay for something, pay by card, pay in cash

payer, régler

Donner l’argent dû pour une facture, une dette ou une amende.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : pay something to someone (The company paid compensation to the injured workers.)

Synonymes : settle, discharge

Expressions courantes : pay a bill, pay a fine, pay your debts, pay compensation

verser, déposer

Mettre de l’argent sur un compte bancaire.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : pay something into an account (She pays her wages into a joint account.); pay something in (I paid the cheque in yesterday.)

Synonymes : deposit

Contraires : withdraw

Expressions courantes : pay money in, pay into something, pay in cash

salaire, paie

Argent reçu en échange de son emploi ou d’un autre travail effectué.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : wages, salary, earnings

Expressions courantes : weekly pay, pay rise, pay day, low pay

payant

Qu’on peut utiliser seulement en payant.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : paid, subscription-based

Contraires : free

Expressions courantes : pay television, pay channel, pay service

à pièces

Qui fonctionne seulement après qu’on a introduit des pièces dans la machine.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : coin-operated

Expressions courantes : pay toilet, pay phone