paying

pay·ing
P3A1Y4I1N1G2
/ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/

noun

payment

Similar
gainfulpaidprofitablecompensableremunerativesalariedstipendiary
OriginEnglish pay ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pay
nounpaying (plural payings)

plural payings

  1. payment

    It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.

    1912, Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveyielding a fair profit

Similar
gainfulpaidprofitable

adjectivefor which money is paid

Similar
compensableremunerativesalariedstipendiarypaid
Also see
compensablegainfulpaidprofitableremunerativesalariedstipendiary

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  3. Proto-Italic*pāks
  4. Latinpāx
  5. Latinpācō
  6. Old Frenchpaiier
  7. Middle Englishpayen
  8. Englishpay
  9. Englishpaying

From pay + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paying

playingsayingdisplayingstayinglayingweighingsurveyingslayingswayingfrayingflaying
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Anagrams

pygian
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APA

paying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paying

MLA

“paying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paying. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paying.

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