Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He then took a few police helping missions to pass the time before his trade partner gets better and pay him his money.
Source: Butt Monkey / Video Games -
Despite the higher pay and better hours, he's clearly not happy about it, and his heroics in the episode prompt the hospital to rehire him.
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Parents spend more time navigating their job as parents with the first-born, tend to feed them better and pay more attention to physical development, then sort of coast with later children once they know the basic motions.
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