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pays the rent

pays the rent is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pays the rent

What is pays the rent the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pays the rent is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay the rent.

Words near pays the rent in the dictionary

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

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