Bag
Bag verb - To receive as return for effort.
Usage example: bagged an acting nomination for a truly inspired performance
Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Barnaby sets fire to the bag of cash the townsfolk gave to pay for burning down his business and uses the bag to light a cheroot.
Source: Couldn't Find a Lighter -
Haley tosses the fantasy equivalent (a big bag stuffed full of gold coins) at a shopkeeper because she doesn't want to rob them but is in the middle of a fight and doesn't have time to pay them the right amount.
Source: Briefcase Full of Money - Even if the blood donation machine happens to pay out, it will drop the Blood Bag, which fills heart containers and gives an HP up, or the IV Bag, which acts as a portable, more reliable blood donation machine.
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