Capture
Capture verb - To receive as return for effort.
Usage example: the movie's producers captured several awards for their work
Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
How words are described
| high | high capture | high pay |
| full | full capture | full pay |
| certain | certain capture | certain pay |
| small | small capture | small pay |
| Other adjectives: actual, great, final, significant, eventual, earlier. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Not only does he pay the Scavengers to shoot down Mason's ship in order to capture Karina, but he then captures her himself and doesn't pay them.
Source: Video Game / Pariah -
One family does not pay and arrange a fake payment with the police instead, who capture them, raid his house, and free their prisoner.
Source: Film / El Clan -
He said to himself, "I am frozen and wet because of you so you will pay." He captured the first, then tried to use him as bait to capture the other.
Source: Useful Notes / Léo Major
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