[
  {
    "word": "pay",
    "phonetic": "/pe\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/pe\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pay-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227653",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Money given in return for work; salary or wages.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "he paid her off the books and in kind where possible"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "he has paid his debt to society"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be profitable for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give (something else than money).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pay attention"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be profitable or worth the effort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "crime doesn\u2019t pay"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To discharge an obligation or debt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was allowed to go as soon as he paid."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To suffer consequences.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll pay that."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "pay toilet"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Pertaining to or requiring payment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pay"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "pay",
    "phonetic": "/pe\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/pe\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pay-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227653",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pay"
    ]
  }
]