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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay someone's way

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
pay -some-one's way
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover someone's expenses; to pay for someone.

Inflected Forms

pays someone's way (present, singular) paying someone's way (participle, present) paid someone's way (participle, past) paid someone's way (past)

Phrases

pay one's way

Frequently Paired Words

pay one's way

Rhymes With

they me way may day say all-day away play day by day today pay

Questions

What does pay someone's way mean?
To cover someone's expenses; to pay for someone.

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