to pay
- verb
- /peɪ/
- I'll also pay him a little visit.
- pay a visit
- pay a call
Examples
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Let's go pay the good doctor a visit.
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So how about we pay them a surprise visit?
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When do we pay our visit to the old Master Control, huh?
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You know, we were wondering when you were gonna stop by and pay us a visit.
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I thought I'd pay you a visit.
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Thought we'd pay you a visit.
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Faculty members and students crowded together to pay their final respects to the popular teacher.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sheriff and six officers paid the man a late-night visit.
Academic text (2011) -
And Bill, I hope you'll be able to pay us a visit sometime after you get settled.
Fiction book (1990) -
Yesterday, I decided to pay a visit to my grandmother to see how she was feeling.
Synonyms
To give something to another person or authority, often formally
To go to someone's home or another place for a short time
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Something I do not have the responsibility or power to decide at work
Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Provide enough money to cover regular living costs like rent and food
- Specialized
To give regular money to an ex-wife or ex-husband to support them after a divorce
Compounds
- Archaic
A smaller amount of money given to a worker who is not working full time but is still employed
- Formal
A student loan plan that limits monthly payments to part of your income and may forgive the rest after years
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pay a visit comes from the same old idea of 'giving' — to pay someone a visit is to 'give' them your time or a formal call, often as a courtesy.