pay: implies the discharge of an obligation incurred: we pay taxes in exchange for government services.   (incur招致，带来，强调相应责任stresses responsibility for what is incurred, 如the government had also incurred huge debts政府已负债累累)


compensate: implies a counterbalancing of services rendered or help given: an attorney well ~d for her services.


remunerate: more clearly suggests a paying for services rendered and may extend to payment that is generous or not contracted for: promised to ~ the searchers handsomely.


satisfy: implies the paying of what is demanded or required by law: all creditors will be ~ied in full.


reimburse: implies a return of money that has been expended for another's benefit: the company will ~ the employees for expenses incurred.


indemnify: implies the promised or actual making good of a loss, injury, or damage suffered through accident, disaster, or warfare: the government cannot ~ the families of military casualties.        (make good赔偿，如it may cost several billion dollars to make good the damage要花几十亿才能赔偿这一损失)


repay: stresses the paying back of an equivalent in kind or amount: ~ a loan.


recompense: suggests due return in amounts, friendly repayment, or reward: the hotel ~d us with a free bottle of champagne.  due恰当的=proper


pay支付: 表示履行义务，compensate补偿: 抵消享受的服务或接受的帮助(counterbalance抵消平衡)，remunerate支付: 比上词更明确表示为服务而支付，还表示慷慨的或超出合同的支付 ，satisfy依法支付: 表示法定的支付，reimburse报销: 返还因为他人而花的钱，indemnify赔偿: 赔偿事故灾难战争中的损失损害，repay返还: 强调相同种类或数量的钱物的支付(equivalent等价的)，recompense补偿馈赠: 友好礼貌的补偿馈赠


记忆方法: 1）首字母PCRSRIRR组合成RRRR PICS，想成4Rolls of PICtureS四卷画<==Franz Schubert用lullaby摇篮曲支付土豆烧牛肉，想像Vincent Van Gough用4卷画支付什么(上帝总是把他的宠儿放在最艰苦的地方)

         2）练习一下
         
         3）支付的意思是给人钱物作为回报mean to give money or its equivalent in return for something.首字母PCRSRIRR组合成RRRR PICS，想成4Rolls of PICtureS四卷画<==Franz Schubert用lullaby摇篮曲支付土豆烧牛肉，想像Vincent Van Gough用4卷画支付什么(上帝总是把他的宠儿放在最艰苦的地方)