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in the pay of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables
in- the -pay of
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Employed by (someone), often secretly.

Derogatory

Usage

Questions

What does in the pay of mean?
Employed by (someone), often secretly.

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