The difference between Pay and Reimburse
When used as verbs, pay means to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services, whereas reimburse means to compensate with payment.
Pay is also noun with the meaning: money given in return for work.
Pay is also adjective with the meaning: operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pay and Reimburse
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Pay as a verb (transitive):
To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Examples:
"he paid him to clean the place up"
"he paid her off the books and in kind where possible"
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Pay as a verb (ambitransitive):
To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
Examples:
"she offered to pay the bill"
"he has paid his debt to society"
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Pay as a verb (transitive):
To be profitable for.
Examples:
"It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more."
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Pay as a verb (transitive):
To give (something else than money).
Examples:
"to pay attention"
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Pay as a verb (intransitive):
To be profitable or worth the effort.
Examples:
"crime doesn’t pay'"
"it will pay to wait"
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Pay as a verb (intransitive):
To discharge an obligation or debt.
Examples:
"He was allowed to go as soon as he paid."
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Pay as a verb (intransitive):
To suffer consequences.
Examples:
"He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn."
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Pay as a noun:
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
Examples:
"Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays."
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Pay as an adjective:
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
Examples:
"'pay toilet inline=1"
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Pay as an adjective:
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
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Pay as a verb (nautical, transitive):
To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
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Reimburse as a verb:
To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
Examples:
"synonyms imburse q1=one sense, obsolete"
"The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip."