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mispay

mispay verb: to pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.

Verb

mispay (third-person singular simple present mispays, present participle mispaying, simple past and past participle mispaid)

  1. (transitive) To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.

Forms of mispay

third-person singular presentmispays
present participlemispaying
past participlemispaid
pastmispaid

Origin of mispay

From mis- + pay. Compare apay.

Questions about mispay

What does mispay mean?
Mispay means to pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
What part of speech is mispay?
Mispay is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispay?
The past tense of mispay is mispaid.

Words near mispay in the dictionary

  1. mispattern
  2. mispatterned
  3. mispatterning
  4. mispatterns
  5. mispaved
  6. mispay
  7. mispaying
  8. mispayment
  9. mispayments
  10. mispays
  11. mispeg

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