Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay the freight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: pay the freight
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pay for the cost of transport.

verb

To bear the cost.

Example Sentences

"I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars."
"Stores that were large enough to pay the freight hired their own in-house detectives and security, but lots of companies were far too small to handle that kind of expense on a full-time basis."
"McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight."

Inflected Forms

pays the freight (present, singular) paying the freight (participle, present) paid the freight (participle, past) paid the freight (past)

Questions

What does pay the freight mean?: To pay for the cost of transport.

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