Synonyms of the word

pay

• v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
• v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
• v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
• v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
• v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
• n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
• adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
• adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
• v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…

abide

• v. Accept, comply or act in accordance.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
• v. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition;…
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
• v. (intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
• v. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
• v. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
• v. (transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
• v. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
• v. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
• v. A component in at least one phrasal verb: abide by.

be

• v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
• v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
• v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
• v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
• v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
• v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
• v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
• v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
• v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
• v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
• v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
• v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

bear

• n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
• n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
• n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
• n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
• n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
• n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
• n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
• v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
• adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
• v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
• v. (transitive) To carry something.
• v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
• v. (transitive) To wear or display.
• v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
• v. (transitive) To put up with something.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
• v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
• v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
• v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
• v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
• v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
• v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
• v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
• v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
• v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
• v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
• v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
• n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
• n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

brook

• v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
• v. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract…
• n. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
• n. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
• n. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

cerebrate

• v. To think or cogitate; especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

cogitate

• v. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
• v. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

communicate

• v. To impart.
• v. To share.

compensate

• v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
• v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

devote

• v. To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter.
• v. To consign over; to doom.
• v. To execrate; to curse.
• adj. (obsolete) Devoted; addicted; devout.

digest

• v. (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for…
• v. (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and…
• v. (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive…
• v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical…
• v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
• v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
• v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
• n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads…
• n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
• n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine…
• n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.

earn

• v. (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
• v. (transitive) To receive payment for work.
• v. (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
• v. (transitive) To be worthy of.
• v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.
• v. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
• v. (obsolete) To grieve.
• n. Alternative form of erne.

earnings

• n. wages, money earned, income.
• n. (finance) business profits.
• n. (finance) gains on investments; returns.

endure

• v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
• v. (intransitive) To last.
• v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
• v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
• v. (obsolete) To indurate.

fund

• n. A sum or source of money.
• n. An organization managing such money.
• n. A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
• n. A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
• v. (transitive) To pay for.

gain

• prep. (obsolete) Against.
• adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
• adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
• adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
• adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
• adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
• adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
• adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
• n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
• n. What is gained.
• n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
• v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
• v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
• v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
• v. (transitive) To increase.
• v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
• v. (transitive) To reach.
• v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
• v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
• v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
• n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

intercommunicate

• v. To communicate, one with another.
• v. To be interconnected.

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

pay

• v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
• v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
• v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
• v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
• v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
• n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
• adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
• adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
• v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…

realise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of realize.

realize

• v. (formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring…
• v. (transitive) To become aware of a fact or situation.
• v. (transitive) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to…
• v. (transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts;…
• v. (transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing…
• v. (transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.

remuneration

• n. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
• n. A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
• n. A recompense for a loss; compensation.

repay

• v. To pay back.

requite

• v. To return in kind; to repay; to recompense; to reward.
• v. To retaliate.

salary

• n. A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly,…
• v. To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
• adj. (obsolete) saline.

settle

• v. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively;…
• v. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
• v. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
• v. (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous…
• v. (Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
• v. (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
• v. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired state, or make final disposition of (something).
• v. (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to…
• v. (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
• v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
• v. (transitive) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
• v. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take…
• v. (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
• v. (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
• v. (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
• v. (transitive, of an animal) To impregnate.
• v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare…
• v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive)…
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed;…
• v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have…
• v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively…
• v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
• v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house,…
• v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
• v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
• v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive,…
• n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
• n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
• n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare…

stand

• v. (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
• v. (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
• v. (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified…
• v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
• v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
• n. The act of standing.
• n. A defensive position or effort.
• n. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
• n. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
• n. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
• n. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
• n. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
• n. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and…
• n. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
• n. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
• n. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
• n. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
• n. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural).
• n. (cricket) A partnership.
• n. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
• n. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
• n. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
• n. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own…
• n. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.

stomach

• n. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
• n. (informal) The belly.
• n. (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
• n. (obsolete) Appetite.
• n. (figuratively) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
• v. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.

suffer

• v. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
• v. (intransitive) To feel pain.
• v. (intransitive) To become worse.
• v. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To allow.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

think

• v. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
• v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
• v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
• v. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
• v. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
• v. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
• v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
• v. To presume; to venture.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
• v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.

tolerate

• v. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.

wage

• n. An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
• v. (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
• v. (transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
• v. (obsolete, law, Britain) To give security for the performance of.

yield

• v. (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
• v. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
• v. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
• v. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
• v. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
• v. To produce as return, as from an investment.
• v. (mathematics) To produce as a result.
• v. (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
• v. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo…
• v. (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
• n. (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
• n. A product; the quantity of something produced.
• n. (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.