Black’s Law Dictionary 1st Edition, page 880:
PAY. To pay is to deliver to a creditor the value of a debt, either in money or in goods, for his acceptance, by which the debt is dis- charged. 36 N, Y . 522.
Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Edition, page 883:
PAY. To pay is to deliver to a creditor the value of a debt, either in money or In goods, for his acceptance, by which the debt is discharged. Beals v. Home Ins. Co., 86 N. Y. 522.
Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd Edition, page 1339:
PAY, v. To discharge a debt ; to deliver to a creditor the value of a debt, either in money or in goods, for his acceptance. Beals v. Home Ins. 00., 36 N. Y. 522. ‘ Oarpenter v; Dummit, 221 Ky. 67, 297 S. W. 695, 700. Voll mer v. Automobile Fire Ins. 00. of Hartford, Conn., 207 App. Div. 67, 202 N. Y. S. 374, 375.
The term, however, is sometimes limited to discharging an indebtedness by the use of money. Krahn v. Goodrich, 164 Wis. 600, 160 N. W. 1072, 1075. In re Bailey’s Estate, 276 Pa. 147. 119 A. 907, 909.