Cost and Pay

Cost

Cost noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

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

Nearby Words: costly, costless, costing, costliness

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

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

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

high	high cost	high pay
full	full cost	full pay
low	low cost	low pay
equal	equal cost	equal pay
Other adjectives: considerable, reasonable, heavy, small, actual, large, great, little, terrible, lower, decent, less, minimal, hefty, extra, significant, double, smaller, lowest, minimum, higher.

life	cost life	pay life
amount	cost amount	pay amount
fortune	cost fortune	pay fortune
price	cost price	pay price
Other words: gold, time, way, money, bit, less, extra, yen, credits, times, dollars, cents, amounts.

Devices cost character points to have; while other people are allowed to borrow them once or twice, they can't keep one unless they pay the character point cost as well.

Source: Reed Richards Is Useless
If you knew what my commission cost me, and what my pay is, you would think better of me.

Source: Just Following Orders
Blaine's parents have been noted to be well-off enough to pay the high tuition cost at Dalton, so they probably help out.

Source: "Friends" Rent Control

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