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pay

verb as in be advantageous

Strongest matches

Weak match

verb as in make amends

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A care home has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after two wheelchair users drowned and a third was seriously hurt when a leaking boat capsized during a day trip.

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Prince Andrew was paid tens of thousands of pounds by a British businessman linked to a wealth management company which ripped off pension savers.

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She also alleged her sergeant told her "women shouldn't be paid as much as men because they are not as strong".

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Few voters are probably paying much attention to the contest, with the battle over Proposition 50 dominating headlines and campaign spending.

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Next time he'd be dead, the gunman told him, unless the bus company paid a shakedown.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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