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Paxillosida
Paxillosida (Platyasterida) is an order of sea stars in the superorder Valvatacea, about 255 species in families such as Astropectinidae and Luidiidae, defined by unsuckered tube feet, no adult anus, and no brachiolaria larva; its primitive-versus-derived status is debated.
PaXini (帕西尼)
PaXini (帕西尼) is a Chinese tactile-sensing and embodied-perception startup founded in 2021 in Shenzhen by robotics PhD Xu Jincheng, known for Hall-effect tactile sensors and the TORA-ONE humanoid robot.
Paxos (computer science)
Paxos is a family of distributed consensus algorithms presented by Leslie Lamport in 1998, which keeps replicated systems safe despite crashes and lost messages and underlies Google's Chubby and Spanner.
Paxsi
Paxsi is a 120-km impact crater on Titan, in the Senkyo dune plain near Aaru, named for the Aymara moon goddess and approved by the IAU in 2010; Cassini VIMS found it heavily eroded, with a breached rim and dune infill.
Paxton Lynch
Paxton Lynch (born 1994) is a former quarterback from Memphis drafted 26th overall by the Denver Broncos in 2016; he played 5 NFL games with 4 starts, later appearing in the USFL and XFL.
Pay (Deir el-Medina workman)
Pay was a draughtsman of Amun in the Place of Truth at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, active in the early years of Ramesses II, who founded a family dynasty of draughtsmen.
Pay All
Pay All is the English name of Paga Todo, the Colombian multiservice network of Grupo Gelsa: chance concessionaire for Bogotá and Cundinamarca (2022–2027), 2,500+ points of sale, TodoPay wallet, and over 1,000 million transactions in 2025.
Pay in lieu of notice
Pay in lieu of notice (PILON) is a lump sum ending employment immediately instead of a worked notice period. UK law requires a contract clause or agreement; since April 2018 the notice pay is taxed as earnings and NICs apply.
Pay it forward
Pay it forward, also called generalized or upstream reciprocity, is helping a stranger after receiving help from another. Experiments show equality propagates best, greed beats generosity, and resource asymmetry reduces it.
Pay It Forward (film)
Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama directed by Mimi Leder, written by Leslie Dixon from Catherine Ryan Hyde's 1999 novel, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment; a $40 million Warner Bros. release that earned 39% on Rotten Tomatoes and stalled Leder's feature career until 2017.
Pay television
Pay television, also called pay TV, premium television, or subscription television, is programming delivered only to subscribers who pay a periodic fee, beginning with HBO in 1972.
Pay the Butler
Pay the Butler was a Kentucky-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Europe, the United States, and Japan, winning the 1988 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse as a 14.9 outsider.
Pay the Ghost
Pay the Ghost (2015) is a supernatural horror film directed by Uli Edel, written by Dan Kay from Tim Lebbon's novella, starring Nicolas Cage as a father searching for his son abducted on Halloween; released by RLJ Entertainment and critically panned.
Pay-as-you-go pension
A pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension is a pension system in which each year's benefits to retirees are paid from that same year's taxes, not from a funded pool.
Pay-per-click
Pay-per-click (PPC), also called cost-per-click, is an online advertising model in which advertisers pay a fee each time a user clicks one of their ads.
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV): a TV distribution model charging a one-time fee per program or event. Born from 1950s pay-TV tests, first true service Telecinema 1974, national networks 1985, now TVOD streaming and $50-$90 boxing events.
Payá
Payá Hermanos was a Spanish toy manufacturer founded in 1905 in Ibi, Alicante, the first firm to industrialize toy production in Spain and known for tin toys.
Paya Lebar Air Base
Paya Lebar Air Base is a Republic of Singapore Air Force base in eastern Singapore, opened in 1955 as the civilian Paya Lebar Airport and converted to military use in 1981.
Paya Terubong
Paya Terubong (long buey in Penang Hokkien) is a densely populated residential valley suburb in central Penang Island, Malaysia, south of Air Itam; N.34 constituency of 135,282 people, known for hillside flats, traffic congestion, and the 2018 Bukit Kukus landslide.
Payada
Payada is a South American tradition of improvised sung poetry in which a payador composes verses on the spot with guitar, originating in the pampean region of Argentina and Uruguay.
Payal Ghosh
Payal Ghosh, Indian actress born 1989 in Kolkata, Telugu debut Prayanam (2009) as Haarika, Hindi debut Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi (2017); later Fire of Love: RED (2024).
Payal Kapadia (Indian filmmaker)
Payal Kapadia is an Indian filmmaker based in Mumbai who won the L'Oeil d'or at Cannes 2021 and the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024 for All We Imagine as Light.
Payal Rohatgi
Payal Rohatgi, Indian actress and reality TV personality, computer engineer and Femina Miss India 2000 finalist; films include Corporate and 36 China Town; Lock Upp runner-up, married to Sangram Singh.
Payam-e Now
Payam-e Now (پیام نو, "New Message") was a Persian-language literary journal published in Tehran in the 1940s as the organ of the Society for Iranian Relations with the Soviet Union and closely associated with Sadeq Hedayat.
Payar
Payar (পয়ার) is the oldest and most widely used meter of Bengali poetry, a rhymed couplet of 14-matra lines, used for medieval verse translations of the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Payara Oil and Gas Field
Payara is an offshore oil field in Guyana's Stabroek Block, operated by ExxonMobil, producing up to 220,000 barrels daily through the Prosperity FPSO since 2023.
Payava Tomb
The Payava Tomb is a limestone Lycian tomb of 375–362 BC for the dynast Payava, removed from Xanthos in the 1840s and displayed in the British Museum.
Payback (1999 film)
Payback is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson as Porter, a thief betrayed by his partner and wife who returns to reclaim his money.
Payback (2014)
Payback (2014) was a WWE pay-per-view held on June 1, 2014, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Chicago, where The Shield swept Evolution in the main event.
Payback (2015)
WWE Payback 2015, third Payback pay-per-view, held May 17, 2015 at Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore. Seth Rollins retained the WWE World Heavyweight Title in a fatal four-way; Cena beat Rusev in an I Quit match; no title changes.