How do you use Pay in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like give or settle, plus the exact meaning.
Pay in a sentence
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Pay meaning
- To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- To be profitable for.
Synonyms of Pay
Example sentences (20)
Kaiser's non-profit status allows the company to pay no income tax on earnings and pay very limited property taxes.
My goals were to pay the lowest monthly mortgage possible and to pay less than what I would normally spend on rent.
Careers are short, which I understand, but if you pay a QB so much, you can’t pay for quality players to surround him.
President Biden has issued the alternative pay plan letter to bring the 2024 federal pay raise one step closer to reality.
Because you are told the fine is less if you pay within 28 days, most people will pay it because they don't want the hassle.
A green card cost me about $25,000, and I was struggling to pay my bills, struggling to pay my rent.
How much you have to pay for health care also counts as a benefit, and New York does not require that in a posting, only base pay.
But this is funded by a group of large corporations that don't want to pay their fair share, don't want to pay the fees,” he added.
He has now got to find an extra £400 a month to pay for his home, and is considering renting out the spare room to help pay for it.
He was fined £220, ordered to pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £88, to pay costs of £100.
By linking your Apple Pay account to the Chick-fil-A App, you can easily pay for your order without having to hand over your device.
If you pay cheap, you will pay again and again until you finally reach someone who would have helped you properly in the first place.
She suggested legislators create a state minimum wage like some of our neighboring states and link legislative pay to that pay scale.
If we pay the worker to produce a book or movie or song, we don’t have to pay them a second time by granting them a copyright monopoly.
It's common practice in RIFs, for remaining employees to take a pay cut, and for executives to take a bigger pay cut than the lower ranks.
It would increase the pay of every employee by at least 8% and transform our pay and grading structure, ensuring it is fit for the future.
The Pay Up policy would provide a base-pay equivalent to Seattle's minimum wage, along with other worker protections for app-based workers.
Pubs also pay about 25 pence per pint in business rates, whereas supermarkets pay a fraction of this amount - perhaps two pence a pint or so.
The government is trying to settle pay deals it had previously left to Pay Review Bodies.
She was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £2,622.59 and a victim surcharge of £22 separate to the money the company was ordered to pay.
Phrases with pay
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with pay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pay 105×
- pay for 49×
- pay the 29×
- you pay 21×
- pay and 13×
- will pay 13×
- the pay 13×
- not pay 12×
- pay more 12×
- and pay 10×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word pay. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.