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pay

[pey] / peɪ /




VERB
be advantageous
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STRONGEST
WEAK
VERB
make amends
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The firm collapsed in 2022 amid claims that Bankman-Fried had been using deposited funds as his own, including to make personal investments and pay debts.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In the future, they could pay to be the apps that Siri pings to complete tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

When a hyperscaler will pay those prices — and a console or laptop maker cannot — the chips go to the hyperscaler.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“With a differentiated architecture, a step-change in contracted revenue from OpenAI and AWS, and a market only now learning to pay for speed, we see an asymmetric, upside-skewed setup,” wrote Wedbush’s Bryson.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“A man should pay for the privilege of working on such a watch!” he would say.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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