Pay off.
- 1. Pay and discharge (as hired men).
- 2. Punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon, retaliate, be quits, be even with, give a quid pro quo.
- 3. (Naut.) Fall off, fall to leeward, fall off from the wind.
Pay one’s addresses to. Woo, court, solicit in love, make love to, pay court to.
Pay the debt of nature. Die, expire, pass away, depart this life, breathe one’s last, end one’s days, be no more, give up the ghost, join the majority, go to one’s long account, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one’s last sleep, go down into silence.
Pay up. (Colloq.) Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler.
Peace, n.
- 1. Calm, repose, quiet, tranquility, stillness, silence, calmness, quietness.
- 2. Amity, harmony.
- 3. Public tranquillity, good order, quiet.
- 4. Tranquillity, calmness, quiet of conscience.
- 5. Harmony, concord, reconciliation, pacification.
Peaceable, a.
- 1. Peaceful, pacific, free from war.
- 2. Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, inoffensive.
- 3. Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene, peaceful, still.
Peaceful, a.
- 1. Quiet, undisturbed.
- 2. Mild, gentle, kindly, friendly, pacific, peaceable.