(idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

A payment. / A reward. / A bribe. / (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction. / (baseball) Short for payoff pitch.

(transitive) To pay a debt, to provide the entire amount of money owed to another. / (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

(transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight. / (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. / (transitive) To pay back; to repay.

Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.

(intransitive and transitive) To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.

(mining) Earth which contains profitable quantities of ore. / (figuratively) A profitable area or period; success.

To distribute money; to disburse / (nautical) To slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out. / To repay, take revenge

plural of pay-off

An amount of pay, wages, salary, or other compensation before deductions, such as for taxes, insurance, and retirement. / A payment for the entire year's income.