Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay nature's debt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: pay -na-ture's debt
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).

Example Sentences

"[…] and that a younger famished dog should by this man at Mr. Knott's expense be acquired and held in reserve, against the day when the first famished dog should die, and that then again another famished dog should in the same way be procured and held in readiness, against the inevitable hour when the second famished dog should pay nature's debt, and so on indefinitely, there being thus two famished dogs always available, […]"

Inflected Forms

pays nature's debt (present, singular) paying nature's debt (participle, present) paid nature's debt (participle, past) paid nature's debt (past)

Synonyms

pay the debt of nature

Questions

What does pay nature's debt mean?: Synonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).

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