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Yes, pay is playable

...and is worth 8 points.

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"Pay" Definition

noun

A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.
Paid employment: the workers in our pay.
Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.
Retribution or punishment.

verb

To coat with a waterproof composition.
To be worth the expense or effort .
To suffer the consequences of an act.
To requite according to what is deserved .
To give, offer, or make freely or as fitting .

adjective

Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.
Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.
Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.
Containing or leading to something precious or valuable.
Equipped with a coin slot for receiving a fee for use .

phrasal-verb

Pay off Informal To bribe.
Pay off Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.
Pay off To effect profit: a bet that paid off poorly.
Pay off To get revenge for or on; requite.
Pay off To pay the full amount on (a debt).

idiom

Pay the piper To bear the consequences of something.
Pay through the nose Informal To pay excessively.

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