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pay

From Wiktionary
pay is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
past - pay - pence

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
pay

Third-person singular
pays

Past tense
paid

Past participle
paid

Present participle
paying

  1. (transitive & intransitive) If you pay, you give money for something.
    Bess worked for eight hours and they paid her a hundred dollars.
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Noun

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Singular
pay

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable) Your pay is money you receive after doing something.
    Go to the office to receive your pay.
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