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  • 91pay back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pay back some money that you have borrowed or taken from someone, you give them an equal sum of money at a later time. [V P n (not pron)] He burst into tears, begging her to forgive him and swearing to pay back everything… …

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  • 92pay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compensate; discharge, pay off; render, offer; be profitable, yield [a profit], show a profit, be worthwhile. n. wages, salary; payment, compensation. See payment, success, offer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 93pay back — v. 1) (B) we must pay the money back to her 2) (D; tr.) to pay back for (she paid me back for the tickets) * * * [ peɪ bæk] (B) we must pay the money back to her (D; tr.) to pay back for (she paid me back for the tickets) …

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  • 94pay — I n. 1) to draw, receive pay 2) back; equal; incentive; mustering out (mil.); overtime; severance (AE; BE has redundancy payment); retroactive; sick; strike; take home pay 3) pay for (equal pay for equal work) 4) in smb. s pay (he was in the pay… …

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  • 95Pay Day (1922 film) — Infobox Film name = Pay Day caption = Theatrical poster to Pay Day (1922) imdb id = 0013486 director = Charles Chaplin writer = Charles Chaplin starring = Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Mack Swain Syd Chaplin released = April 2, 1922 runtime = 28 …

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  • 96pay sb back — UK US pay sb/sth back Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► to pay someone the money that you owe them: »You need to pay back the loan within five years. »I m happy to lend you the money, but when will you pay me back? → Compare… …

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  • 97pay sb/sth back — UK US pay sb/sth back Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► to pay someone the money that you owe them: »You need to pay back the loan within five years. »I m happy to lend you the money, but when will you pay me back? → Compare… …

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  • 98pay sth back — UK US pay sb/sth back Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► to pay someone the money that you owe them: »You need to pay back the loan within five years. »I m happy to lend you the money, but when will you pay me back? → Compare… …

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  • 99Pay it forward — The expression pay it forward is used to describe the concept of third party beneficiary in which a creditor who offers the debtor the option of paying the debt forward by lending it to a third person instead of paying it back to the original… …

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  • 100pay — I. verb (paid; also in sense 7 payed; paying) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French paier, from Latin pacare to pacify, from pac , pax peace Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to make due return to for services rendered or property… …

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