to be punished for doing something bad to someone else, or to suffer because of a mistake that you made

We all pay for our mistakes in some way at some time. 我们都会在某个时候以某种方式为我们所犯的错误付出代价。

He tricked me and I'm going to make him pay for it! 他欺骗了我，我会让他得到报应的！