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pay- (iou) and anomie (sh)


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-.

anomie (sh)




In the social sciences, a condition of social instability or personal unrest resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals.

The term was introduced in 1897 by emile Durkheim, who believed that one type of suicide (anomic) resulted from the breakdown of social standards that people need and use to regulate their behavior. Robert K. Merton studied the causes of anomie in the U.S., finding it severest in persons who lack acceptable means of achieving their cultural goals. Delinquency, crime, and suicide are often reactions to anomie. See also alienation.