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to give someone money for something, for example something they are selling you or work that they do How much did you pay for your car? I paid the company for fixing the roof. She has a very well-paid job.

pay someone back to hurt someone who has hurt you

One day I'll pay her back for lying to me!

pay someone or something back to give back the

money that someone has lent to you

Can you lend me $10? I'll pay you back next week.

РЭУ 2 © / pei / noun [ noncount ] the money that you get for working It's a tough job, but the pay is good.

pay .ment © / 'peimsnt/ noun

[ noncount ] paying or being paid

This check is in payment for the work you have done.

[ count ] an amount of money that you pay I make monthly payments of $50.

pay phone / ' pei foun / noun [ count ]

a telephone that you can use by putting in money or using a special card

PC / |pi ' si / abbreviation

( COMPUTERS ) a computer that you can use at home or in an office. PC is short for "personal computer."

short for politically correct

pea / pi / noun [ count ]

a very small, round, green vegetable. Peas grow in long, thin cases (called pods ). — Look at the picture at vegetable .

peace © / pis / noun [ noncount ]

a time when there is no war or fighting between people or countries

The two countries eventually made peace (= agreed to stop fighting ) .

the state of being quiet and calm the peace and quiet of the countryside Go away and leave me in peace !

peace .ful Ф / 'pisfl/ adjective

with no fighting

a peaceful demonstration

quiet and calm It's so peaceful here.

► peace • ful • ly / ' pisfli / adverb She's sleeping peacefully.

peach / pitj /

noun [ count ] ( plural peach • es )

a soft round fruit with a yellow and red skin and a large hard part (called a pit ) in the center

pea • cock / pikak / noun [ count ]

a large bird with beautiful long blue and green feathers in its tail

peak / pik / noun [ count ]

the time when something is highest, biggest, etc. Traffic is at its peak between five and six in the evening.

( GEOGRAPHY ) the pointed top of a mountain snowy mountain peaks

pea • nut / ' pinAt / noun

[count]

a nut that you can eat salted peanuts

— Look at the picture at nut .

pea • nut but • ter / ipinAt 'bAtar / noun

[noncount]

a thick, soft substance made from peanuts , which you eat on bread

pear / per / noun [ count ]

PRONUNCIATION

The word pear sounds just like pair .

a fruit that is green or yellow on the outside and white on the inside

—Look at the picture at fruit .

pearl / pari/ noun [ count ]

a small, round, white thing that grows inside the shell of a fish (called an oyster ). Pearls are valuable and are used to make jewelry a pearl necklace

peas • ant / ' peznt / noun [ count ]

a poor person who lives in the country and works on a small piece of land

peb • ble / ' pebi / noun [ count ]

a small, round stone

pe • can / pa'kan ; pa 'kren / noun [ count ]

a type of nut that we eat. It has a smooth, red-brown shell and grows on trees in the southern U.S.

pecan pie — Look at the picture at nut .

peck / pek / verb ( pecks , peck • ing , pecked )

When a bird pecks something, it eats or bites it quickly The hens were pecking at the corn.

pe • cu • liar / pi ' kyulyar / adjective

strange; not usual

What's that peculiar smell? —SYNONYM odd

ped • al / ' pedl/ noun [ count ]

a part of a bicycle or other machine that you move with your feet

—Look at the picture at bicycle .

pe • des • tri • an / pa'destrian / noun [ count ]

a person who is walking in the street

pe • di • a • tri • cian / ipidia 'tnjn / noun

[ count ]

( HEALTH ) a doctor who treats children

peek / pik / verb ( peeks , peek • ing , peeked )