Definitions for payer

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payer pay·er

Spelling: [pey-er]

IPA: /ˈpeɪ ər/

Payer is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in payer (aepry).

Definitions for payer

noun

1. a person who pays.
2. the person named in a bill or note who has to pay the holder.
3. the act of paying or being paid; payment.
4. wages, salary, or a stipend.
5. a person with reference to solvency or reputation for meeting obligations:
6. paid employment:
7. reward or punishment; requital.
8. a rock stratum from which petroleum is obtained.

Idioms

1. pay as you go, to pay for (goods, services, etc.) at the time of purchase, as opposed to buying on credit. to spend no more than income permits; keep out of debt. to pay income tax by regular deductions from one's salary or wages.
2. pay back, to repay or return: to retaliate against or punish: to requite.
3. pay one's / its way, to pay one's portion of shared expenses. to yield a return on one's investment sufficient to repay one's expenses:

adjective

1. requiring subscribed or monthly payment for use or service:
2. operable or accessible on deposit of a coin or coins:
3. of or relating to payment.

Verb phrases

1. pay down, to pay (part of the total price) at the time of purchase, with the promise to pay the balance in installments: to pay off or back; amortize:
2. pay for, to suffer or be punished for:
3. pay off, to pay (someone) everything that is due that person, especially to do so and discharge from one's employ. to pay (a debt) in full. Informal. to bribe. to retaliate upon or punish. Nautical. to fall off to leeward. to result in success or failure:
4. pay out, to distribute (money, wages, etc.); disburse. to get revenge upon for an injury; punish. to let out (a rope) by slackening.
5. pay up, to pay fully. to pay on demand:

verb (used with object)

1. to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something:
2. to give over (a certain amount of money) in exchange for something:
3. to transfer money as compensation or recompense for work done or services rendered; to satisfy the claims of (a person, organization, etc.), as by giving money due:
4. to defray (cost or expense).
5. to give compensation for.
6. to yield a recompense or return to; be profitable to:
7. to yield as a return:
8. to requite, as for good, harm, or an offense:
9. to give or render (attention, respects, compliments, etc.), as if due or fitting.
10. to make (a call, visit, etc.).
11. to suffer in retribution; undergo:
12. Nautical. to let (a ship) fall off to leeward.

verb (used without object)

1. to transfer money, goods, etc., as in making a purchase or settling a debt.
2. to discharge a debt or obligation.
3. to yield a return, profit, or advantage; be worthwhile:
4. to give compensation, as for damage or loss sustained.
5. to suffer or be punished for something:

Origin of payer

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at pay¹, -er¹

Examples for payer

But the ultimate sum however made up is exactly so much out of the commercial gains of the payer.

To pay a poor rate implies that somebody is poorer than the payer.

In Passiflora the organogeny of the flower clearly shows the truth of this assertion, as was indeed shown by payer and Schleiden.

We should thus have only about 50 miles to the 83d parallel and the land which payer determined.

In the administration of the finances, the bank acts simply as a payer and receiver.

It is only an agent and can not regard the wishes of the payer.

I am not a payer of calls, as you know; but I felt that I must be the very first to greet your wife, Johnny boy.

Thus Zichy Land itself was resolved into a group of islands, and the outlying land sighted by payer was found to be islands also.

Most notes and accepted drafts are made payable at the bank of the payer.

As to the nature of inferior ovaries, see also payer, 'Bull.