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1give heed (to somebody) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • …
2give heed (to something) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • …
3pay heed (to somebody) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • …
4pay heed (to something) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • …
5pay lip service to (something) — give/pay lip service to (something) to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed. The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white… …
6give lip service to (something) — give/pay lip service to (something) to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed. The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white… …
7pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… …
8pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… …
9pay — ► VERB (past and past part. paid) 1) give (someone) money due for work, goods, or an outstanding debt. 2) give (a sum of money) thus owed. 3) be profitable or advantageous: crime doesn t pay. 4) suffer a loss or misfortune as a consequence of an… …
10Give — (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf.… …
