Keep and Pay

Opposite meaning words

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Pay is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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

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Keep is an antonym for pay in services topic.

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

good	good keep	good pay
full	full keep	full pay
best	best keep	best pay
better	better keep	better pay
Other adjectives: fast, regular, harsh, small, actual, big, great, extra.

mind	keep mind	pay mind
attention	keep attention	pay attention
life	keep life	pay life
man	keep man	pay man
Other words: people, someone, time, way, money.

Inara insisted she'd pay him, since she thought it important to keep their arrangement strictly business.

Source: Keep the Reward
In Saki's "The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh", the kidnappers actually get the victim's family to pay them to keep her.

Source: You Can Keep Her
Rick Dicker: "We have to pay to keep the company quiet, pay damages, erase memories..."

Source: Memory-Wiping Crew

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