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Pay and get paid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a verb phrase "Get paid".

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

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

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

In Schlock Mercenary, when the mercenaries don't have enough money to pay everyone, Tagon suggests that the officers take pay cuts so all the grunts could get paid.

Source: The Men First
And if they don't get paid, they won't be able to pay the last payment on their truck.

Source: Film / Think Big
However, you get paid so little that you'll never pay off the debt unless you rob the villain's safe on the top floor.

Source: Loan Shark

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