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paying the rent

paying the rent is the present participle and gerund 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 paying the rent

What is paying the rent the present participle and gerund of?
Paying the rent is the present participle and gerund of pay the rent.

Words near paying the rent in the dictionary

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

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