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How to pronounce “pay”
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Pronunciation guide for pay
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pay with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Student Loan Debt Crisis
Then we'll talk about some practical repayment strategies
- Definition summary
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pay
Student Loan Debt Crisis
Then we'll talk about some practical repayment strategies
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pay”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- [Noun]
- Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- (countable, rare) A paying job; a paying concern.
- [Adjective]
- Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
- Pertaining to or requiring payment.
Practice Nearby Words
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