pays (verb)

  • 1outpace — /aʊtˈpeɪs/ (say owt pays) verb (t) (outpaced, outpacing) to outstrip or outdo in walking, running, riding, etc …

  • 2pay up — verb cancel or discharge a debt pay up, please! • Syn: ↑ante up, ↑pay • Ant: ↑default • Derivationally related forms: ↑pay (for: ↑ …

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  • 3go Dutch — verb share expenses equally and split the cost of something My boyfriend and I always go Dutch • Hypernyms: ↑pay • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * go Dutch (informal) To pay each for himself or herself • • • Main Entry …

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  • 4sharecrop — verb To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land …

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  • 5pay the bills — verb To provide enough income to sustain ones lifestyle. Being a dentist isnt so glamorous, but it pays the bills …

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  • 6put food on the table — verb To provide enough money to cover basic necessities. I dont care what I do. If it pays the bills and puts food on the table, Im not bothered …

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  • 7shuffle steer — verb To steer a vehicle controlled by a steering wheel in a manner that transfers grip from one hand to the other as the wheel is turned. Contrasted with shoulder steer which maintains grip at the same locations on the wheel as it is turned.… …

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  • 8advertise — verb /ˈæd.vɚ.taɪz/ a) To give public notice of; to announce publicly; as to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting. It pays to advertise. b) To provide information about in communications media …

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  • 9toll — verb To bar, defeat, or take away; thus, to toll the entry means to deny or take away the right of entry. To suspend or stop temporarily as the statute of limitations is tolled during the defendant s absence from the jurisdiction and during the… …

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  • 10savoir — 1. savoir [ savwar ] v. tr. <conjug. : 32> • fin XIIe; saveir 980; savir 842; lat. pop. °sapere (e long), class. sapere (e bref) « goûter, connaître » I ♦ Appréhender par l esprit. A ♦ 1 ♦ Avoir présent à l esprit (un objet de pensée qu on… …

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