Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
Answer and pay are semantically related in make amends topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Pay".
How words are described
| best | best answer | best pay |
| long | long answer | long pay |
| better | better answer | better pay |
| satisfactory | satisfactory answer | satisfactory pay |
| Other adjectives: reasonable, honest, actual, big, final, next, intended. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The answer cant just be to pay bills, to pile up more money..." Linda: "Yes, but what is the answer?
Source: Film / Holiday -
The whole thing came about when someone asked Lorne Michaels how much he'd pay to have the Beatles reunite on the show, and his answer was that he'd only pay the standard rate.
Source: Comically Small Bribe -
When a lawyer named John Newman called in with the correct answer, Schiff refused to pay.
Source: The Cake Is a Lie
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