paying

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paying

  • /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/

Rhymes with -eɪɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pay

noun payings

  1. payment It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: payment, defrayment, defrayal, profitable, remunerative, compensable, stipendiary, salaried, gainful, disbursement, remitting, payable, buy, defray, provide, owing

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@misc{paying_2026,
  title = {paying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paying},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}