See also: Payer and payér

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

pay +‎ -er (subject of action)

PronunciationEdit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)

NounEdit

payer (plural payers)

  1. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
  2. (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French payer, from Old French paiier, paier, from Latin pacāre, present active infinitive of pacō (pacify).

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VerbEdit

payer

  1. (transitive) to pay (for)
    payer une amendepay a fine
    payer un servicepay for a service
  2. (transitive) to pay (someone)
    payer la caissièrepay the cashier
    Il m'a payé 3 euros.He paid me 3 euros.
  3. (transitive) to buy (something)
    Nous payons les courses.We're buying the groceries.
  4. pay for (suffer the consequences of something)
    Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur.You're going to pay for what you did to my sister.
  5. to pay off (to be fruitful)
    Mes efforts ont payé.My efforts paid off.

ConjugationEdit

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

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Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French paiier.

VerbEdit

payer

  1. to pay

ConjugationEdit

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

DescendantsEdit

  • French: payer
  • Dutch: paaien (possibly)

NormanEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Old French paiier, from Latin pācō, pācāre (make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue), from pāx (peace).

VerbEdit

payer

  1. (Guernsey) to pay