pay

pay (one's) last respects

To show or express one's respect for someone who has died, especially by attending their funeral, wake, memorial service, etc. Anyone who wishes to pay their last respects to my husband is welcome to do so at the viewing this Saturday, from 10 AM to 4 PM.
See also: last, pay, respect

pay for

1. Literally, to pay money for something that incurs a cost. You're going to have to pay for the vase that your son broke. We weren't having to pay for the water we used where we used to live, so we were shocked when our first water bill came in the mail after moving to this country.
2. To cover the expense of someone else. I'd rather that you don't pay for me—I think people on first dates should share the cost of the evening. We don't have the money to pay for every client who comes to us with a sob story.
3. To suffer as a punishment or atonement for some ill deed or wrongdoing. Mark my words—you'll pay for double-crossing us! The children are all paying for the crimes of their father.
See also: pay
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pay someone (for something) (with something)

to make payment with something to someone for something or for doing something. I will pay you for the loan you made me with the money I get from selling my car. I will pay you with a check.

pay

one's last respects (to someone) to go to someone's funeral. I paid my last respects to Mr. Kantor yesterday. Scores of people came to pay their last respects.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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  • (you) pay your money and take your choice
  • above (one's) pay grade
  • be in the pay of (someone or something)
  • be in the pay of somebody/something
  • be robbing Peter to pay Paul
  • beyond (one's) pay grade
  • call the tune
  • cost/pay an arm and a leg
  • cost/pay/charge the earth
  • crime does not pay
  • crime doesn't pay
  • devil to pay, the
  • fiddler's pay
  • give heed to (something)
  • give/pay heed
  • have hell to pay
  • have the devil to pay
  • he who pays the piper calls the tune
  • hell to pay
  • hell to pay, there'll be
  • hell/the devil to pay
  • hit pay dirt
  • hit/strike pay dirt
  • if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
  • if you wanna play, you gotta pay
  • it (always) pays to (do something)
  • it always/never pays to do something
  • it never pays to (do something)
  • it pays to
  • it pays to advertise
  • king's ransom
  • lip service
  • lip service, to give/pay
  • live paycheck to paycheck
  • live payslip to payslip
  • make (one) pay through the nose
  • not pay (one) any mind
  • not pay someone any mind
  • pay
  • pay (for something) cash on delivery
  • pay (for something) COD
  • pay (for something) collect on delivery
  • pay (for something) in advance
  • pay (for something) out of pocket
  • pay (for something) through (something)
  • pay (one) a backhanded compliment
  • pay (one) a compliment
  • pay (one) a left-handed compliment
  • pay (one) back in (one's) own coin
  • pay (one) back in kind
  • pay (one) back with interest
  • pay (one) off
  • pay (one) respect
  • pay (one's) debt
  • pay (one's) debt to society
  • pay (one's) dues
  • pay (one's) dues to society
  • pay (one's) last respects
  • pay (one's) own way
  • pay (one's) respects
  • pay (one's) way
  • pay (someone or something) a call
  • pay (someone or something) a compliment
  • pay (someone or something) a visit
  • pay (someone) on the nail
  • pay (someone) under the table
  • pay (something) toward (something else)
  • pay a backhanded compliment
  • pay a call
  • pay a call on
  • pay a call on (someone or something)
  • pay a call to (someone or something)
  • pay a compliment
  • pay a compliment to (someone or something)
  • pay a visit
  • pay a visit to (someone or something)
  • pay an arm and a leg
  • pay an arm and a leg (for something)
  • pay as (one) goes
  • pay as you go
  • pay attention
  • pay attention (to someone or something)
  • pay back
  • pay by
  • pay compliment
  • pay court to
  • pay court to (someone)
  • pay court to someone
  • pay debt
  • pay dirt
  • pay dirt, hit
  • pay dirt, to hit/strike
  • pay dividends
  • pay down
  • pay dues
  • pay for
  • pay for itself
  • pay heed to
  • pay heed to (something)
  • pay homage (to someone or something)
  • pay homage to
  • pay in
  • pay in advance
  • pay in someone's own coin, to
  • pay into
  • pay into (something)
  • pay its way
  • pay lip service
  • pay lip service to (something)
  • pay lip service to something
  • pay lip-service to something
  • pay off
  • pay on
  • pay on (something)
  • pay one’s dues
  • pay one’s dues to society
  • pay one's dues
  • pay one's way
  • pay out
  • pay out of pocket
  • pay over the odds
  • pay own way
  • pay packet
  • pay peanuts
  • pay respect
  • pay scot and lot
  • pay scot and lot (for something)
  • pay somebody/something a visit
  • pay someone back in their own coin
  • pay something back/return something with interest
  • pay the bills
  • pay the consequences
  • pay the fiddler
  • pay the freight
  • pay the penalty
  • pay the penalty for (something)
  • pay the piper
  • pay the piper, to
  • pay the price
  • pay the price, to
  • pay the price/penalty
  • pay the water bill
  • pay through
  • pay through the nose
  • pay through the nose (for something)
  • pay through the nose, to
  • pay to (do something)
  • pay to do
  • pay too dearly for (one's) whistle
  • pay top dollar
  • pay tribute to
  • pay tribute to (someone or something)
  • pay tribute to somebody/something
  • pay up
  • pay way
  • pay with the roll of the drum
  • pay your money and take your choice
  • pay your respects
  • pay your way
  • pay your/its way
  • pay(s) your money and take(s) your choice, you
  • pay, earn, charge, etc. top dollar
  • payback
  • pay-for-play
  • pay-to-play
  • pound of flesh
  • price one has to pay
  • return it with interest
  • rob Peter to pay Paul
  • rob Peter to pay Paul, to
  • stick and stay, make it pay
  • strike pay dirt
  • the deuce to pay
  • the devil to pay
  • the price (one) has to pay
  • there will be hell to pay
  • there will be the deuce to pay
  • there will be the devil to pay
  • there'll be hell to pay
  • third time pays for all
  • top dollar
  • you get what you pay for
  • you pay your money, and you take your choice
  • you pays your money and takes your choice
  • You pays your money and you takes your chance
  • you pays your money and you takes your choice
  • you pays your money, and you takes your chance(s)
  • you pays your money, and you takes your choice
References in classic literature
"Well, observe the difference: you pay eight cents and four mills, we pay only four cents." I prepared now to sock it to him.
The master that's to pay him the money is the one that's rightly concerned in that matter, ye will notice "
Connecticut Yankee
What wilt thou pay this knight, Sir Prior, to give thee release of his land?"
"Nay," cried the other shrilly, "it is but my fee that thou didst pay me, and thou gettest it not back again." And he hugged his gown about him.
Thus rode forth good Sir Richard of the Lea to pay his debt to Robin Hood this bright and merry morn.
sorry for thee, yet I am right glad that I have had a chance to pay a part of my debt of kindness to thy good master Robin Hood, for it might have gone ill with thee had I not come, young man."
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"My oath on it," said Andres, "your worship will be well advised to obey the command of that good knight- may he live a thousand years- for, as he is a valiant and just judge, by Roque, if you do not pay me, he will come back and do as he said."
"She distils nothing of the kind, vile rabble," said Don Quixote, burning with rage, "nothing of the kind, I say, only ambergris and civet in cotton; nor is she one-eyed or humpbacked, but straighter than a Guadarrama spindle: but ye must pay for the blasphemy ye have uttered against beauty like that of my lady."
Don Quixote
A month or two later I was able to understand why a courier did not have to pay any board and lodging, and why my hotel bills were always larger when I had him with me than when I left him behind, somewhere, for a few days.
It could not pay him to be a better one than he was, because I could not afford to buy things through him.
Tramp Abroad
That meant that Maria would not press for payment, and he resolved generously that it would be the only one he would pay; so he began searching through the cast-out heap for hers.
Martin Eden
Ah, if an outcast like me had such a home to go to, and such incomings by the year and by the month, I would pay much gold and silver to redeem my captivity.''
``Isaac, pronounce what be may pay, without flaying both hide and hair.''
``An six hundred crowns,'' said Isaac, ``the good Prior might well pay to your honoured valours, and never sit less soft in his stall.''
Ivanhoe
"It is, indeed, my Lady." Rich and generous as he knew his mistress to be, her proposal to pay the whole subscription took the steward by surprise.
My Ladys Money