a philosophy that the receiver of a gift, feeling grateful for a kindness, at the request of the gifter must not say thank you, instead they are to pay the kindness forward when the opportunity presents itself
an exclamation used to express your frustration with some service
if a business pays, it earns money
if a job pays a particular amount of money, you get that amount for doing it
to give a company, institution etc money that you owe them
to give money in order to buy something
to give money to someone who does a job for you
to give someone their salary
to have a good result
to suffer because of something that you have done
Can I pay in dollars?
Can I pay the bill, please?
Can I pay you for this?
Did you pay the gas bill?
Employees often use the phrase "You get what you pay for" to justify their mistreatment of customers.
It pays to cover the pool to keep out falling leaves.
It was an outrage, and somebody was going to pay.
It would pay you to get it properly checked.
I’d like to pay with my card.
Let me pay for dinner.
My new job pays well.
My only request is that you Pay It Forward when the opportunity presents itself.
Now I’ll have to pay to get the car fixed.
She had ruined his life and now he was going to make her pay.
She was in a job paying over £60,000 a year.
Some of the workers haven’t been paid for weeks.
The message you get from the film is simple: crime doesn’t pay.
There’s a reduction if you pay cash.
They had made him look like a fool and now they were going to pay for it.
We had to pay them over £100 to sort it out.
We have a lot of hard work ahead if we’re going to make the business pay.
We may pay dearly for our arrogance.
We still haven’t paid them for the repairs to the roof.
We’ll probably pay more in tax this year.
Will you be paying by cash, cheque, or credit card?
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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