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To pay for

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To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with life
To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be mulcted on account of.

See also: Pay Pay



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They had fooled the company, however, for her son was a skilled man, who made as high as a hundred dollars a month, and as he had had sense enough not to marry, they had been able to pay for the house.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
I'm a man o' principle," said Ebenezer, simply; "and if I have to pay for it, I'll have to pay for it.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
At a word---since I must needs, for once, hold a candle to the devil---what ransom am I to pay for walking on Watling-street, without having fifty men at my back?
Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context
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