Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay the price

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: pay the price
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.

Example Sentences

"Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in."
"Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said ahead of the vote: "Northern communities are, once again, paying the price for broken Tory promises on rail."
""China will pay a price if it is seen as assisting Russia — either providing a direct assistance, particularly military assistance, or assisting Russia in evading sanctions," Chollet told VOA."

Inflected Forms

pays the price (present, singular) paying the price (participle, present) paid the price (participle, past) paid the price (past) pay the penalty (alternative)

Synonyms

face the music pay the piper

Questions

What does pay the price mean?: To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.

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