Decide and Pay

Decide

Decide verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Pay and decide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.

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Decide and pay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Pay".

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

The kicker is that the company has to give two years notice if they decide to terminate their contracts, and pay out the difference if they decide to fire them on-the-spot.

Source: Literature / Bastard Operator from Hell
Both decide to make him pay for his crimes and Lysander smiles as Alys and Dell stab him to death.

Source: Video Game / A Timeless Story
Two millionaires who've made a hobby of this decide to pay an assassin called Spartacus to kill Golgo 13 in the ruins of the Colosseum, while secretly watching their duel on hidden cameras.

Source: Gladiator Games

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