The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REMIT , but the solution may also be WAGES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Pay crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REMIT | 23 % | 5 |
| WAGES | 20 % | 5 |
| SALARY | 15 % | 6 |
| REMUNERATE | 5 % | 10 |
| ANTEUP | 4 % | 6 |
| PONYUP | 3 % | 6 |
| ANTE | 3 % | 4 |
| WAGE | 3 % | 4 |
| COMPENSATE | 3 % | 10 |
| STIPEND | 2 % | 7 |
| FOOTTHEBILL | 2 % | 11 |
| FORKOVER | 2 % | 8 |
| SHELLOUT | 2 % | 8 |
| HIRE | 2 % | 4 |
| FOOT | 2 % | 4 |
| DEFRAY | 2 % | 6 |
| RENDER | 2 % | 6 |
| DISBURSE | 1 % | 8 |
| INCOME | 1 % | 6 |
| PONP | 1 % | 4 |
| TREAT | 1 % | 5 |
| STIPENDS | 1 % | 8 |
| SETTLE | 1 % | 6 |
Why may REMIT be the right solution?
"Remit" is a synonym for "pay" that specifically refers to sending money as a payment. It fits the clue and the number of letters needed in the crossword.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pay
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- remuneration
- ante up
- pay up
- earnings
- salary
- pay off
- wage
- compensate
- give
- yield
- devote
- make up
Crossword Answer definitions
REMIT noun- Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
- A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.
- To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
- To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
- To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
- To give up; omit; cease doing.
- To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
- To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
- To diminish, abate.
- To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
- To send back.
- To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
- To restore or replace.
- To postpone.
- To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REMIT
More clues leading to the result WAGES
- Money earned
- Workers' reward
- Recompense
- Payment for work
- "The ___ of sin is death": Romans
- Union concern
- Earnings
- Pay
- They may be garnished
- They might be garnished
More clues leading to the result SALARY
- Paycheck
- Worker's compensation
- Base pay
- Wages
- Pay
- Contract stipulation
- Wage
- Earnings
- $400,000 a year, for Obama
- It may be gross
More clues leading to the result REMUNERATE
More clues leading to the result ANTEUP
- "Feed the kitty"
- Sweeten the pot
- Join hands?
- Get ready to play
- Pay to play
- Dealer's request
- Pay one's share
- Buy into a poker game
- Put your two cents in?
- Buy into the hand
More clues leading to the result PONYUP
- Pay what's due
- Settle a debt
- Fork over what's due
- Pay
- Fork over.
- Pay: Slang.
- Pay, in a way.
- Ante
- Settle, in a way
- Give, but reluctantly
More clues leading to the result ANTE
- Pool starter
- Card-game starter
- Chip in
- Deal preceder
- Dealer's choice
- Dealer's request
- Feed the kitty
- Individual share
- Kitty feed
- Penny-__ (small-time)
More clues leading to the result WAGE
- "Minimum" amount
- Carry on
- Salary
- Hourly payment
- What a worker earns
- Payment for labor
- Practice
- Regular compensation
- Undertake
- Conduct, as hostilities
More clues leading to the result COMPENSATE
More clues leading to the result STIPEND
- Allowance
- Daily allowance
- Pay
- Grad student's income, often
- Periodic payment
- Regularly paid financial allowance
- Regular payment
- Grant
- Regular pay
- Fixed income
More clues leading to the result FOOTTHEBILL
More clues leading to the result FORKOVER
More clues leading to the result SHELLOUT
- Pay
- Spend, often begrudgingly
- Hand over, as money
- Pay: Colloq.
- Hand over: Colloq.
- Disburse: Colloq.
- Hand over money
- Fork over
- Pay, as big bucks
More clues leading to the result HIRE
- Charter
- Put on the payroll
- Take on
- Bring on board
- Put to work
- Rent, as a car
- Do a personnel job
- Employ
- Add some new hands
- Put on staff
More clues leading to the result FOOT
- Pump filler?
- Ruler's length
- Sofa part on the floor
- Length unit
- Extremity
- Trochee or anapest
- Pump filler
- Bottom
- Pedal pusher
- About 30.48 centimeters
More clues leading to the result DEFRAY
- Foot the bill
- Cover, as costs
- Bear the expense of
- Help, as with expenses
- Offset, as expenses
- Offset
- Offset, as costs
- Pay all or part of
- Help to pay
- Pay
More clues leading to the result RENDER
- Make payment of
- Melt fat
- Melt down
- "__ unto Caesar..."
- Provide
- Hand down, as a verdict
- Provide, as a service
- "___ unto Caesar..."
- Make available
- Deliver
More clues leading to the result DISBURSE
More clues leading to the result INCOME
- Revenue
- Earnings
- 1040 entry
- Bring it home
- Figure in a refi application
- Figure on a mortgage loan
- Paychecks
- Form 1040, lines 7-22 category
- Revenue Canada concern
- What one makes
More clues leading to the result PONP
More clues leading to the result TREAT
- Doctor
- After school offering
- Goodie
- Reward for a trick
- Take out
- Buy the next round, e.g.
- Pay for
- Pick up the tab
- Small pleasure
- Rugelach or babka, e.g.
More clues leading to the result STIPENDS
- Periodic payments
- Fellows might receive them
- Honoraria
- Wages
- Pay
- Payments to fellows
- Allowances.
- Salaries.
- Fixed salaries, as of clergymen.
- Fixed salaries, usually too small.