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paid the rent

paid the rent is the simple past and past participle of pay the rent.

Meaning of pay the rent

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Of a job or profession, to provide enough income for someone to afford a place to live.
    Synonyms:
    pay the bills
  2. (Australia, idiomatic) To provide reparations or compensation to Indigenous Australians predicated on the claim that the nation constitutes their sovereign territory.

Questions about paid the rent

What is paid the rent the simple past and past participle of?
Paid the rent is the simple past and past participle of pay the rent.

Words near paid the rent in the dictionary

  1. paid the fiddler
  2. paid the freight
  3. paid the penalty
  4. paid the piper
  5. paid the price
  6. paid the rent
  7. paid the ultimate price
  8. paid through the nose
  9. paid to play
  10. paid towards
  11. paid up

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