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  • 21pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… …

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  • 22back tax — Ⅰ. back pay/rent/tax, etc. ► pay, rent, tax, etc. that should have been paid or was expected at an earlier time: »Most of the back taxes due were for the years 2006 through 2008. Main Entry: ↑back Ⅱ. back tax UK US noun [C or U] TAX ► tax tha …

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  • 23back — back1 [bak] n. [ME bak < OE baec; akin to ON bak, OHG bahho] 1. the part of the body opposite to the front; in humans and many other animals, the part to the rear or top reaching from the nape of the neck to the end of the spine 2. the… …

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  • 24back — adj 1: being overdue or in arrears back rent 2: being retroactive esp. as compensation reinstated with back pay Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 25back — [bæk] verb [transitive] 1. to support someone or something, especially by giving money or using your influence: • The board backed Mr Standley, who plans to cut costs. • Shareholders have backed a plan to build a second plant. 2. FINANCE if …

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  • 26call-back pay — / kɔ:l bæk peɪ/ noun pay given to an employee who has been called back to work after their normal working hours …

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  • 27call-back pay — noun : guaranteed minimum payment to a worker called back for work after completing his regular shift and leaving the plant …

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  • 28pay — ▪ I. pay pay 1 [peɪ] noun [uncountable] the money someone receives for the job they do: • She got the job, but it meant a big pay cut. • an increase in hourly pay • All I want is a full day s work for a full day s pay …

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  • 29pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ …

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  • 30Pay It Forward — Infobox Film name = Pay It Forward image size = caption = Pay It Forward theatrical poster director = Mimi Leder producer = Mary McLaglen Jonathan Treisman Steven Reuther Peter Abrams Robert L. Levy (II) Paddy Carson Leslie Dixon Mary McLagen… …

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