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pay

[pey] / peɪ /




VERB
be advantageous
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STRONGEST
WEAK
VERB
make amends
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But by the 1960s, it was much diminished, and a later owner, Benjamin Swig, had sold close to 1,000 antiques and artworks to help pay bills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Germany's players will pay for 600 of the country's fans to travel by bus to their final World Cup group game amid criticism of high transport costs at the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The data provider, Silicon Data, says its index “captures the marginal willingness to pay for LLM models.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

She asked her mother to take another $3,000 loan from a different lender, seeking to pay off the balance and buy more farm supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

If a dozen prints cost ten dollars, did that mean they would let me pay five dollars for six?

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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