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pay

An user
My   tax   dollars   pay
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  for   those   public school   proms .

Mijn belastingdollars betalen voor die openbare school proms.

(Engels)

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/peɪ/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield.

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