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pay
What does pay mean?
pay (verb): to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use pay in a sentence?
- She is paying him to clean the place up. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- He doesn't have money, but he pays rent in chores and housework. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce pay?
/peɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does pay come from?
From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “pay” mean?
to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof
Not quite: that's what suspect means.
to know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
Not quite: that's what understand means.
to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services
Right! That's what “pay” means.
to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
Not quite: that's what borrow means.
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