Fail and Pay

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Fail

Fail verb - To stop functioning.
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Pay is an antonym for fail.
Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Pay

Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
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Fail is an antonym for pay in services topic.
Nearby Words: payment, paid, paying, payable, payout
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Common collocations

people fail people pay people
time fail time pay time
way fail way pay way
money fail money pay money
Other words: times, points.

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Strip / Pugad Baboy He dislikes it when people fail to pay him credit, and is never above using kung-fu and a sword to force them to pay.
    Source: Comic Strip / Pugad Baboy
  • Adipose Rex Various attempts to buy a rare mask off him with Worthless Yellow Rocks fail — and then somebody thinks of trying to pay him with fattening processed foods instead.
    Source: Adipose Rex
  • Thug Dojo Just like actual thugs, Lucan D'Lere employs them to rough up citizens who fail to pay their rent and protection money, among other things.
    Source: Thug Dojo
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