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pay towards

pay towards verb: to subsidize; to contribute to paying part of the cost of (something); to contribute to (something).

Verb

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

  1. To subsidize; to contribute to paying part of the cost of (something); to contribute to (something).

Forms of pay towards

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

Questions about pay towards

What does pay towards mean?
Pay towards means to subsidize; to contribute to paying part of the cost of (something); to contribute to (something).
What part of speech is pay towards?
Pay towards is a verb.
What is the past tense of pay towards?
The past tense of pay towards is paid towards.

Words near pay towards in the dictionary

  1. pay to play
  2. pay to stay
  3. pay to win
  4. pay toilet
  5. pay toilets
  6. pay towards
  7. pay train
  8. pay trains
  9. pay TV
  10. pay up
  11. pay what you want

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