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pay overs

pay overs verb: to pay a higher price than might be expected or considered reasonable.

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, colloquial, intransitive) To pay a higher price than might be expected or considered reasonable.
    • to pay overs for something
    Antonyms:
    pay unders

Antonyms of pay overs

  • pay unders

Forms of pay overs

third-person singular presentpays overs
present participlepaying overs
past participlepaid overs
pastpaid overs

Questions about pay overs

What does pay overs mean?
Pay overs means to pay a higher price than might be expected or considered reasonable.
What part of speech is pay overs?
Pay overs is a verb.
What is the past tense of pay overs?
The past tense of pay overs is paid overs.

Words near pay overs in the dictionary

  1. pay one's respects
  2. pay one's way
  3. pay or okay
  4. pay or play
  5. pay out
  6. pay overs
  7. pay packet
  8. pay packets
  9. pay per play
  10. pay phone
  11. pay phones

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