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pay

[pey] / peɪ /




VERB
be advantageous
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STRONGEST
WEAK
VERB
make amends
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Example Sentences

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He noted that children who are overtired can show symptoms that resemble ADHD, including difficulty paying attention in class or declining grades.

From Science Daily

Work permits are hard to get, and many are in low paid jobs, living on the margins.

From BBC

The 49-year-old immediately laid out plans in October to cut 16,000 jobs and to tie pay more tightly to performance—moves that analysts saw as a strike at the company’s sometimes cozy practices.

From The Wall Street Journal

He's got his own problems, though: the possibility of inflation rising again after a recent cooling, oil revenues falling, and his government having had to raise VAT to help pay for the war.

From BBC

Hammani said he was let go because his brother paid a bribe.

From The Wall Street Journal