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  • 101pay off — I. pay all that you owe, pay the balance    I want to pay off my loan now pay the whole balance. II. reward you, give you what you want    Studying pays off. You get higher grades. III. reward, profit    We invested in property, hoping for a pay… …

    English idioms

  • 102give out — Synonyms and related words: accord, administer, afford, air, allot, allow, award, be consumed, be used up, bestow, bestow on, blow, break, break down, break it to, break the news, breathe, breathe out, broach, burn out, cave in, circulate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 103pay — {{11}}pay (n.) money given for labor or services, early 14c., from PAY (Cf. pay) (v.). {{12}}pay (v.) c.1200, to appease, pacify, satisfy, from O.Fr. paiier (12c.), from L. pacare to please, pacify, satisfy (especially a creditor), from pax (gen …

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  • 104pay sb off — UK US pay sb off Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► to tell someone to leave their job and pay them what they have earned: »75 workers were paid off when the plant was closed down. ► to finish paying someone the money that you… …

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  • 105pay — [12] Etymologically, to pay someone is to ‘quieten them down by giving them the money they are owed’. For the word is closely related to English peace. It comes via Old French payer from Latin pācāre ‘pacify’, a derivative of pāx ‘peace’. The… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 106pay — [12] Etymologically, to pay someone is to ‘quieten them down by giving them the money they are owed’. For the word is closely related to English peace. It comes via Old French payer from Latin pācāre ‘pacify’, a derivative of pāx ‘peace’. The… …

    Word origins

  • 107give ear — verb give heed (to) (Freq. 1) The children in the audience attended the recital quietly She hung on his every word They attended to everything he said • Syn: ↑attend, ↑hang, ↑advert, ↑ …

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  • 108give someone the time of day — [usu. with negative] be pleasantly polite or friendly to someone I wouldn t give him the time of day if I could help it * * * give (someone) the time of day chiefly US informal : to pay attention to someone usually used in negative statements No… …

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  • 109Give Them Rope — Infobox Album | Name = Give Them Rope Type = studio Artist = Coalesce Released = June 1, 1998 re issued in 2004 Recorded = Genre = Metalcore Length = mm:ss Label = Edison Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Among the Dead We Pray for Light… …

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  • 110give — I. v. a. 1. Bestow (voluntarily and without compensation), accord. See confer. 2. Furnish, supply, afford, spare, accommodate with. 3. Impart, communicate. 4. Pay, exchange. 5. Permit, allow, vouchsafe, deign …

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