From longman dictionary of contemporary englishpayingin book. The booty enabled him to clear his debts and pay large sums into the treasury, all without incurring a risk of prosecution. Payment is the process of either giving money to someone, or of receiving money from someone. Check out phrasal verb meaning, pronunciation and more by macmillan dictionary. Verbs for paid include paide, paidest, pay, payed, payedst, payest, payeth, paying, pays and paid. When you pay an amount of money to someone, you give it to them because you are buying. In the area of money, there are many, many phrasal verbs about money that are used in both formal and informal situations. Phrasal verb focus about money for english learners. Base form pay past simple paid past participle paid. Paid dictionary definition paid defined yourdictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Many people are paying large sums of money for services which they are already entitled to. The big book of english verbs with cdrom set big book of.
Click the infinitive to see all available inflections v pres p verb, present participle. From longman business dictionary pay off phrasal verb 1 transitive pay somebodysomething off finance to pay all the money you owe a person or company bhc also has paid off all its longterm debt. The city is booming, it is a beautiful place to live, and those who can afford it are willing to pay the price to settle here. Change your default dictionary to american english. Pay definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Paybook definition is an individual pay record of a member of the armed forces. As you know, native speakers of english tend to use a lot of phrasal verbs sometimes called prepositional, multiword verb, verbs in everyday spoken english. You can complete the definition of pay book given by the english definition dictionary with other english dictionaries. Apr 28, 2011 whats more ridiculous is when you go to sell them back, you will get, at most, 20 bucks for a book that cost you over 100. Paying article about paying by the free dictionary.
It did get easier on the second and third drafts to see it as a book and read it a bit more dispassionately. For their missions, they were supplied with german pay books, cigarettes, chocolates, and even love letters from fictitious sweethearts in germany. Payingin book definition and meaning collins english. Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services i paid four dollars for this sandwich. It encouraged families to enrol as subscribers, by paying an annual fee for free or subsidised treatment. The gerund is commonly used after quite a few different verbs. From longman dictionary of contemporary englishrelated topics.
Internet work is defined by job opportunities that did not exist before the rise of the internet and furthermore the work is likely to be carried out over the internet and payment received for work undertaken via the internet. Book definition in the cambridge english dictionary. English verb to pay conjugated in all forms, with full audio, irregular highlighting, negative forms and contractions. Payingin book definition and meaning collins english dictionary. If you borrow money to buy a car, youll be expected to make a monthly payment for several years. This page provides example sentences of the verb pay in all tenses including active and passive forms, as well as conditional and modal forms. Feb 07, 2017 on the books means the transaction is being recorded for bookkeeping reported for tax purposes. Pay the waitress, please convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc bestow dont pay him any mind. The four types of gerunds and gerund phrases follow. Pay verb definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Paying off definition of paying off by the free dictionary. Pay definition for englishlanguage learners from merriam. Well be paying for our house for many years to come.
On the books means the transaction is being recorded for bookkeeping reported for tax purposes. The definition of paid is a something thats been taken care of by payment or is included with salary. Book in definition, a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. Payingin book definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Wicksteed, the commonsense of political economy it brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, including to provide targeted advertising and track usage. Common nouns are words for a general class of people, places, things, and ideas man, city, award, honesty. Definition and synonyms of pay from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Describes a noun or pronounfor example, a tall girl, an interesting book, a big house. Off the books would be a transaction that will not be reported and is therefore in violation of proper record keeping. The only way the book progressed is that the writer in me knew that anything hurting was probably important and needed to be examined. A noun is a word or set of words for a person, place, thing, or idea. Book verb definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Definition and synonyms of book from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Paying definition of paying by the free dictionary.
Paying the balance on a credit card with a 12% annual interest rate is the same as receiving an annual aftertax rate of return of 12% on a riskfree investment. An example of paid is an invoice after the company who sent. Book is not used if you do not have to pay in advance. Definition of pay written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels. Check out phrasal verb definition and synonyms macmillan. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster. Last semester, my text book costs were almost as much as my university tuition. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered. Book definition, a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but. Payingin book meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. A noun of more than one word tennis court, gas station is called a compound noun.
Search pay book and thousands of other words in english definition and synonym dictionary from reverso. Whats more ridiculous is when you go to sell them back, you will get, at most, 20 bucks for a book that cost you over 100. Base form pay past simple paid past participle paid gerund paying. Jun 21, 2017 as you know, native speakers of english tend to use a lot of phrasal verbs sometimes called prepositional, multiword verb, verbs in everyday spoken english. In the book the phrase is used as the opposite of payback. The big book of english verbs also has a list of all complement types that are used by each verb, as well as all the common phrasal verb constructions that the verb can be used with in a sentence.
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