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pay

[pey] / peɪ /




VERB
be advantageous
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STRONGEST
WEAK
VERB
make amends
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It was becoming abundantly clear it wasn't going to see the light of day yet, because of rows within government about how to pay for it.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children.

From Barron's • 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

Appealing does appear to pay off: Of the 18% of patients who did appeal, nearly all of them were able to overturn the initial denial of skilled nursing care.

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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