Aid and Pay

Aid

Aid noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.

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Pay and aid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead the word "Aid" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Pay noun - The money paid regularly to a person for labor or services.

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Aid and pay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aid" instead the word "Pay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: payment, paid, paying, payable, payout

better	better aid	better pay
public	public aid	public pay
free	free aid	free pay
actual	actual aid	actual pay
Other adjectives: great, little, minimal, significant.

Godslave may be about the protagonist trying to aid an immortal deity by looking for his missing soul parts... but Edith still has to work to pay for her groceries.

Source: Reality Ensues / Web Comics
Tex's clients don't exactly overwhelm him with aid when they enlist his services, but they usually pay him a nice retainer and give him solid leads to begin the case.

Source: Video Game / Tex Murphy
While at the same time providing limited aid to your circle of friends and those who pay you.

Source: Intellectual Property Religion

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