payless

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adjective

unpaid

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Meanings

adjectivepayless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableunpaid

    She accepted an unpaid position at Poke, a digital advertising agency on the Lower East Side, viewing her payless toiling as an investment in her career, an inexpensive alternative to graduate school.

    2009 August 16, Bobby Allyn, “Interns Find a Will, a Way, a Floor”, in New York Times

Origin

From pay + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

payless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payless

MLA

“payless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “payless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payless.

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