Meanings
verbpay the rent (third-person singular simple present pays the rent, present participle paying the rent, simple past and past participle paid the rent)
present singular third person pays the rent · participle present paying the rent · participle past paid the rent · past paid the rent
- idiomaticOf a job or profession, to provide enough income for someone to afford a place to live.
Synonyms: pay the bills
- AustraliaidiomaticTo provide reparations or compensation to Indigenous Australians predicated on the claim that the nation constitutes their sovereign territory.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbOf a job or profession, to provide enough income for someone to afford a place to live.
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