pay for

English

Verb

pay for (third-person singular simple present pays for, present participle paying for, simple past and past participle paid for)

To exchange for, especially money for goods or services.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  “ […] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […] ”
I pay for everything with my credit card whenever I can.
To be punished or held accountable for.
He paid for his wild youth with a lonely old age.

Derived terms

buy and pay for

Translations

exchange for

Finnish: maksaa (fi)
German: zahlen (de) (für)

Maori: whakaea

held accountable for

Finnish: maksaa (fi)

German: zahlen (de) (für)

Anagrams

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