English

Verb

pay for ‎(third-person singular simple present pays for, present participle paying for, simple past and past participle paid for)

1. To exchange for, especially money for goods or services.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”

   I pay for everything with my credit card whenever I can.‎

2. To be punished or held accountable for.

   He paid for his wild youth with a lonely old age.‎

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• for-pay