pays in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pays in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.pay [peɪ] N no pl

pay

plata f

pay

zarada f

pay

primanja f

II.pay <paid, paid> [peɪ] VB trans

1. pay (give):

pay

platiti // plaćati

pay out

isplatiti

to pay cash/dollars/money

plaćati gotovinom/dolarima/novcem

to pay dividends investment

isplaćivati dividendu

to pay dividends firm

otplaćivati se

to pay dividends fig

isplatiti se

2. pay (give money for, settle):

pay

poravnati // poravnavati

to pay one's dues (debts)

poplaćati dugove

to pay one's dues fig (obligations)

izravnati račune

3. pay (put, deposit):

to pay sth into an account

uplaćivati nešto na račun

4. pay (give money to):

to pay sb

plaćati nekoga

5. pay fig (suffer the consequences):

to pay the price [for sth]

plaćati cenu (za nešto)

6. pay (bestow):

to pay attention

obratiti pažnju

to pay [sb] a compliment

dati kompliment (nekome)

to pay tribute to sb/sth

odati počast nekome/nečemu

Phrases:

to pay one's way

biti finansijski nezavisan

to pay one's way

ne ostati nikome dužan

III.pay <paid, paid> [peɪ] VB intr

1. pay (give money):

pay

platiti // plaćati

2. pay:

pay (be worthwhile)

isplatiti se // isplaćivati se

pay (be profitable)

biti rentabilan imperf

it pays to do sth

isplati se učiniti nešto

3. pay fig (suffer):

to pay [for sth]

ispaštati zbog nečega

to pay with one's life

platiti glavom

'pay desk N

pay desk

blagajna f

'pay round N

pay round

pregovori m o kolektivnom ugovoru

'pay set·tle·ment N

pay settlement

dogovor m o visini plate

'sick pay N no pl admin, MED

sick pay

naknada f za bolovanje

'pay of·fice N

pay office

blagajna f

'pay pack·et N Brit, Aus

pay packet

koverat m sa platom

'pay deal N

pay deal

dogovor m o visini plate

'strike pay N no pl

strike pay

isplata štrajkačima od sindikata

'pay talks N pl

pay talks

pregovori m o kolektivnom ugovoru

pays Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pay one's respects [to sb]

odati poštovanje (nekome)

to pay one's last respects to sb

odati poslednju poštu nekome

to pay scant attention to sth

ne obraćati dovoljno pažnje na nešto

to pay the price [for sth]

plaćati cenu (za nešto)

to pay [sb] a compliment

dati kompliment (nekome)

to pay heed to [or take heed of] sth

obazirati se na nešto

to pay no regard to a warning

ne obazirati se na upozorenje

I'll pay out you out for this!

platićeš mi za ovo!

to pay out [on a policy]

isplatiti (polisu)

to pay a [heavy/small] price

skupo/malo platiti fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

And in a small (in land mass not population) country of 16 million people, it pays to be neighbourly.

www.stuff.co.nz

And every four years, the media pays outsize attention to this one town's results.

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Government pays the fees in criminal trials, while the litigants share the costs in a civil action as part of court costs.

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The buyer arranges for customs clearance and pays for transportation from the frontier to his factory.

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The latter meaning that the business entity makes payments prior to the agreed upon due date, or pays more than the agreed amount.

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The network pays a license fee to the studio for the right to air the show.

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For photo-friendly coverage, remember this: concealer belongs over, never under, foundation and it pays to build the coverage slowly.

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In the event that you do get sick, it pays to have travel insurance.

startsatsixty.com.au

What is more, hypocrisy will come to be not merely a peccadillo or the price a country pays for a "realist" foreign policy.

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It pays them to keep going, even as a loss-making operation.

www.manmonthly.com.au