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pay for

verb

  1. to make payment (of) for

  2. (intr) to suffer or be punished, as for a mistake, wrong decision, etc

    in his old age he paid for the laxity of his youth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Cover the expenses of, defray the cost of, as in I'll pay for your movie ticket , or This truck will pay for itself within a year . [Mid-1300s]

Atone for, suffer for, as in He may have looked like a good manager, but his successor will end up paying for his mistakes . [Late 1600s]

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First, they want to reduce the price much of the world pays for Russian oil.

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"If you're living on a council estate, you cannot afford to pay for policing," she says.

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And California uses state money to pay for almost all of the Medi-Cal coverage for immigrants who are not in the country legally.

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Travel rewards cards typically have annual fees, sometimes significant ones, so you’ll want to make sure every card you have is at least paying for itself in annual rewards and benefits.

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Each time, she gave him money to pay for the flight, hotel, rental car and gas, she said, but he always came back with an excuse for why he needed more time and cash.

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