Commit and Pay

commit

(v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
(v.t.) To confound.
(v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
(v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
(v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
(v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
(v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
- usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
- synonyms: perpetrate, pull
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
- usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
Confer a trust upon.
- usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
Make an investment.
- usage: "Put money into bonds"
- synonyms: invest, put, place
Engage in or perform.
- usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.

pay

Something that remunerates.
- usage: "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
- synonyms: wage, earnings, remuneration, salary

Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.
- usage: "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow.
- usage: "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
- synonyms: give
Cancel or discharge a debt.
- usage: "pay up, please"
- synonyms: pay up, ante up
Bring in.
- usage: "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually"
- synonyms: yield, bear
Do or give something to somebody in return.
- usage: "Does she pay you for the work you are doing"
- synonyms: pay off, make up, compensate
Dedicate.
- usage: "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
- synonyms: give, devote
Be worth it.
- usage: "It pays to go through the trouble"
Render.
- usage: "pay a visit"; "pay a call"
Bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action.
- usage: "You'll pay for this"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
Make a compensation for.
- usage: "a favor that cannot be paid back"
Discharge or settle.
- usage: "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"

(n.) Satisfaction; content.
(v.t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
(v.i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
(v.t.) To discharge, as a debt, demand or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
(v.t.) To satisfy or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
(v.t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
(v.t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
(n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
(v.t.) To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
(v.i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Pay is a masculine given name

To compensate, reimburse, or satisfy an obligation by giving over something of value, such as money.