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unpay

unpay verb: to undo, take back, or cancel (a payment etc.).

Verb

unpay (third-person singular simple present unpays, present participle unpaying, simple past and past participle unpaid)

  1. To undo, take back, or cancel (a payment etc.).
    • Pay her the debt you owe her, and unpay the villany you have done herc. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
    • 'It seems to me, young man, that you are rather particular as to how things are done for you. If you had begun to be just a little bit as particular in making the debts as you are in the way of having them paid, there would be a little less trouble and expense all round. However, the debts have...1905, Bram Stoker, “Chapter XXI”, in The Man

Forms of unpay

third-person singular presentunpays
present participleunpaying
past participleunpaid
pastunpaid

Origin of unpay

From Middle English unpayen, unpaien, equivalent to un- + pay.

Questions about unpay

What does unpay mean?
Unpay means to undo, take back, or cancel (a payment etc.).
What part of speech is unpay?
Unpay is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpay?
The past tense of unpay is unpaid.

Words near unpay in the dictionary

  1. unpawn
  2. unpawnable
  3. unpawned
  4. unpawning
  5. unpawns
  6. unpay
  7. unpayability
  8. unpayable
  9. unpayableness
  10. unpayably
  11. unpayed

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