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take or pay

take or pay noun: a take-or-pay contract; a take-or-pay provision in a contract.

Noun

take or pay (plural take or pays)

  1. A take-or-pay contract; a take-or-pay provision in a contract.
  2. A contractual obligation either to take delivery of contracted goods or services or to make a specified payment.

Forms of take or pay

pluraltake or pays

Questions about take or pay

What does take or pay mean?
Take or pay means a take-or-pay contract; a take-or-pay provision in a contract.
What part of speech is take or pay?
Take or pay is a noun.
What is the plural of take or pay?
The plural of take or pay is take or pays.

Words near take or pay in the dictionary

  1. take one's sweet time
  2. take one's time
  3. take one's tongue out of someone's ass
  4. take one's turn
  5. take oneself up by one's own ears
  6. take or pay
  7. take or pays
  8. take orders
  9. take out
  10. take out an onion
  11. take out in trade

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