Home › Words › S › surpaysurpaysurpay means to more than compensate for; to outweigh.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, surpay ranks #6,638 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sur- + pay.verbTo more than compensate for; to outweigh.e.g.“for foure faire ones we must kisse fiftie foule: and to a nice or tender stomack, as are those of mine age, one ill kisse doth, surpay [translating surpaie] one good.” — 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.5:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).