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  • 101pay the earth — british informal phrase to pay a very large amount of money Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym to cost a lot of moneysynonym Main entry: earth * * * charge, cost, pay, etc. the ˈearth …

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  • 102pay your own way — pay your (own) way : to use your own money to pay for the things you need or do She got a part time job in order to pay her way through college. Students must pay their own way if they choose to participate in the trip. I wanted to buy him dinner …

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  • 103pay something back to somebody — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per …

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  • 104pay somebody back something — ˌpay sb ˈback (sth) | ˌpay sthˈback (to sb) derived to return money that you borrowed from sb Syn: ↑repay • I ll pay you back next week. • You can pay back the loan over a per …

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  • 105pay-for-performance — ˌpay for perˈformance 8 [pay for performance] adjective only before noun (NAmE) paying more or less money depending on how well a person does their job • There has been an increase in pay for performance plans all over the US …

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  • 106pay in advance — See: IN ADVANCE …

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  • 107pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …

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  • 108pay in advance — See: IN ADVANCE …

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  • 109pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …

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  • 110Pay Cerps — A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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