Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paid the penalty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
paid the penal-ty
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does paid the penalty mean?
simple past and past participle of pay the penalty

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