What's the difference between fay and pay?

Fay


Definition:

  • (n.) A fairy; an elf.
  • (n.) Faith; as, by my fay.
  • (v. t.) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
  • (v. i.) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The GMB had contacts with him via Fulham football club; 'Pal Fayed', the local paper, the Rhondda Leader, called him on their front page.
  • (2) Cas Anvar is Dodi Fayed, the billionaire boyfriend who died with Diana in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997.
  • (3) Fay Ballard, daughter of the writer JG Ballard , is describing what happened when her mother, Mary, died of pneumonia, aged 34, on a family holiday in Alicante, Spain.
  • (4) With Redknapp's and Mandaric's trial now over, it can be revealed that as a result of Operation Apprentice, Storrie was prosecuted, charged with cheating the public revenue in relation to the alleged payment to Faye, and that he and Mandaric were also tried for tax evasion over an alleged termination fee paid to the midfielder Eyal Berkovic via a company, Medellin Enterprises, registered in the British Virgin Islands.
  • (5) Tony Pulis came down on the side of boldness, recalling Abdou Faye and Andy Wilkinson in defence after suspension in the strongest available line-up.
  • (6) 1986 Tory MP Tim Smith begins taking cash in brown envelopes from Fayed in return for asking Commons questions and other parliamentary activities.
  • (7) Fay Ballard in her garden with a sculpture JG Ballard made in the early 1960s.
  • (8) Conspiracy theories, many put forward by Mohamed Al Fayed, former Harrods owner and father of Dodi Fayed , Diana's companion at the time, who was also killed in the crash on 31 August 1997, were demolished in the course of the much-delayed inquest, held in the high court between October 2007 and April 2008.
  • (9) To all involved – including our presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the film-makers, and our fans watching worldwide – we apologise.” The Academy said it spent Sunday night and the following day “investigating the circumstances” to “determine what actions are appropriate going forward”.
  • (10) With his dying breath, Fred Ery identified Floyd "Buzz" Fay as his murderer.
  • (11) We previously showed that in pupae of Hyalophora cecropia, eight hemolymph proteins (P1 through P8) were selectively synthetized after immunization (Faye et al., Infect, Immun.
  • (12) "When I reached the age of 34, that was a milestone," says Fay.
  • (13) Reporter Fay Schlesinger tweeted : "James Harding's departure is a massive loss for us.
  • (14) Sutherland and Johnson both agreed the picture was Austen; Le Faye did not.
  • (15) Harrods was sold by Mohammed Al Fayed in 2010 to an investment trust of the Qatari royal family for a reported £1.5bn .
  • (16) Though it's clear that this was a traumatic experience for Ballard, Fay says that he actually quite liked being in Lunghua camp and based his novel Empire of the Sun on that time.
  • (17) Peter Barlow's son, Our Simon, is particularly irksome, and Faye, who has been used to address the issue of bullying, has it coming.
  • (18) "I remember taking it for granted that there would be whisky on his study table at 9am," says Fay.
  • (19) In his last high profile victory, a year ago, he successfully defended the Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, who was sued by Neil Hamilton over allegations that the former Tory MP took cash for asking parliamentary questions.
  • (20) Atypical facial pain was first described by Temple Fay in 1927 as a vascular syndrome of dull, throbbing pain situated deep in the eye and malar region often referred toward the ear, lateral neck, and shoulders.

Pay


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
  • (v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
  • (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
  • (v. t.) To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
  • (v. t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
  • (v. t.) To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
  • (v. i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
  • (v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
  • (n.) Satisfaction; content.
  • (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Not only do they give employers no reason to turn them into proper jobs, but mini-jobs offer workers little incentive to work more because then they would have to pay tax.
  • (2) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
  • (3) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (4) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (5) Writing in the Observer , Schmidt said his company's accounts were complicated but complied with international taxation treaties that allowed it to pay most of its tax in the United States.
  • (6) It helped pay the bills and caused me to ponder on the disconnection between theory and reality.
  • (7) The move would require some secondary legislation; higher fines for employers paying less than the minimum wage would require new primary legislation.
  • (8) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
  • (9) It shows that the outside world is paying attention to what we're doing; it feels like we're achieving something."
  • (10) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
  • (11) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
  • (12) But that gross margin only includes the cost of paying drivers as a cost of revenue, classifying everything else, such as operations, R&D, and sales and marketing, as “operating expenses”.
  • (13) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
  • (14) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
  • (15) The industry will pay a levy of £180m a year, or the equivalent of £10.50 a year on all household insurance policies.
  • (16) They are the E-1 to E-3 pay grades and soldiers in combat arms units.
  • (17) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
  • (18) Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons are to raise the price they pay their suppliers for milk, bowing to growing pressure from dairy farmers who say the industry is in crisis.
  • (19) But the condition of edifices such as B30 and B38 - and all the other "legacy" structures built at Sellafield decades ago - suggest Britain might end up paying a heavy price for this new commitment to nuclear energy.
  • (20) So fourth, we must tackle the issue of a relatively large number of officers kept on restricted duties, on full pay.

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