Credit and Pay

Credit

Credit noun - The right to take possession of goods before paying for them.

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

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

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

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

good	good credit	good pay
full	full credit	full pay
special	special credit	special pay
equal	equal credit	equal pay
Other adjectives: public, standard, free, considerable, poor, small, actual, entire, little, lower, final, less, extra, double.

After seven years a debt slides off your credit score, but if you are convinced to pay back a single penny, the clock is set to 0 again.

Source: Credit Card Plot
In an episode, Luanne is scolded for her high credit card bills due to trying to live beyond her means, so she and Peggy join a roller derby to help pay them off.

Source: Credit Card Plot
You can either pay him a huge amount of money or you can make friends with him (in which case he'll just charge you credit) if you want his help.

Source: Heroic Neutral

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