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pay- (iou)



pay- combining form. M16.
[Repr. PAY noun, verb1.]
Forming nouns and adjectives with the senses 'of or pertaining to payment', 'that pays', 'for (the use of) which payment is charged'.
pay-and-display adjective & noun (designating) a parking system in which a motorist buys a temporary permit from a coin-operated machine and displays it in the window of the vehicle. pay-as-you-earn a system by which an employer deducts income tax from an employee's wages before paying them to the employee and sends the deduction to the Inland Revenue; abbreviation PAYE. pay-as-you-go adjective designating a system or practice of paying debts and meeting costs as they arise. pay-bed a hospital bed for private patients. paybob slang = PAYMASTER. pay-book: containing a record of payments (esp. wages) made. pay channel a television channel for which viewers pay a subscription fee (esp. in contrast to those channels provided at no extra cost on the payment of a basic subscription fee to a cable or satellite television service). pay-claim a request for a higher rate of pay made by an employee, trade union, etc., to an employer. pay dirt (a) ground containing ore in sufficient quantity to be profitably extracted; (b) fig. (a source of) profit or reward. pay envelope N. Amer. = pay-packet below. pay freeze a prohibition on wage and salary increases. pay gravel = pay dirt above. paymistress a woman responsible for payment of people or services; fig. a thing (personified as female) that pays or rewards. payout an act or the action of paying out; an amount of money paid out. pay-packet a packet containing an employee's wages or notification of them; fig. a salary, an income. pay-per-view a system of television broadcasting in which viewers pay a fee to watch a particular programme (usually a film or a sporting event). pay phone a coin-operated telephone. pay rise an increase in a person's rate of pay. payroll noun & verb (a) noun (a list of) employees receiving regular pay; the personnel costs of a company etc.; (b) verb trans. (colloq.) finance (a person, activity, etc.). pay slip a note given to an employee when payment of a wage or salary is made, showing details of the amount and usu. deductions made by the employer. pay station US a public pay phone. pay toilet a public toilet which one has to pay to use. pay-tone an audible telephone signal indicating when a caller using a pay phone should insert a coin. pay-television, pay-TV television broadcasting for which payment by subscription (or by coin in the slot) gives the ability to watch a particular channel.
Forming nouns and adjectives of the type pay-as-you-.