payer

== English == === Alternative forms === payor === Etymology === From pay + -er (“subject of action”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ) === Noun === payer (plural payers) One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid. (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg. ==== Antonyms ==== payee ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Peary, apery, peary, praye, rapey, repay == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French payer, from Old French paiier, paier, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛ.je/ ~ /pe.je/ === Verb === payer (transitive) to pay (for) payer une amende ― pay a fine payer un service ― pay for a service (transitive) to pay (someone) payer la caissière ― pay the cashier Il m'a payé 3 euros. ― He paid me 3 euros. (transitive) to buy (something) Nous payons les courses. ― We're buying the groceries. pay for (suffer the consequences of something) Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur. ― You're going to pay for what you did to my sister. to pay off (to be fruitful) Mes efforts ont payé. ― My efforts paid off. ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== paix ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: peye === Further reading === “payer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French paiier. === Verb === payer to pay ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: payer == Norman == === Alternative forms === payi (Jersey) === Etymology === From Old French paiier, from Latin pācō, pācāre (“make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue”), from pāx (“peace”). === Verb === payer (Guernsey) to pay