Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paying the penalty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
pay-ing the penal-ty
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pay the penalty

Questions

What does paying the penalty mean?
present participle and gerund of pay the penalty

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