payer

payer [peje] vt [+ créancier, employé, loyer] → to pay [+ achat, réparations], (fig) [+ faute]; to pay for

vi → to pay; [métier] → to pay, be well-paid; [effort, tactique etc] → to pay off;

être bien/mal payé → to be well/badly paid;

il me l'a fait payer 10 euros → he charged me 10 euros for it;

payer qn de (ses efforts, peines) → to reward sb for;

payer qch à qn → to buy sth for sb, buy sb sth;

ils nous ont payé le voyage → they paid for our trip;

payer de sa personne → to give of oneself;

payer d'audace → to act with great daring;

payer cher qch → to pay dear(ly) for sth;

cela ne paie pas de mine → it doesn't look much;

se payer qch → to buy o.s. sth;

se payer de mots → to shoot one's mouth off;

se payer la tête de qn → to take the mickey out of sb (Brit); make a fool of sb (= duper); to take sb for a ride