(Britain) The national system whereby income tax and national insurance is deducted by an employer from the salary or wages of an employee.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay one's dues

The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.

(now rare) Homesickness.

(idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rob Peter to pay Paul

simple past tense and past participle of rob Peter to pay Paul

(idiomatic) To serve time in prison or a similar correctional facility.

To settle old grudges by taking revenge.

(colloquial, dated) To pay for oneself, not relying on the generosity of others.