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pay train

pay train noun: a train carrying people’s wages.

Noun

pay train (plural pay trains)

  1. (historical) A train carrying people’s wages.
  2. A train for which tickets are bought on board rather than at the station beforehand.
    • Besides, is not the pay-train from Leeds disgorging a clutch of poets every lunch time, to read authentic texts aloud?1977, Angela Carter, “The Paris of the North”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 216
    • Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51

Forms of pay train

pluralpay trains

Questions about pay train

What does pay train mean?
Pay train means a train carrying people’s wages.
What part of speech is pay train?
Pay train is a noun.
What is the plural of pay train?
The plural of pay train is pay trains.

Words near pay train in the dictionary

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

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