Pay and Refuse

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Pay

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

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Antonyms for Refuse
Pay is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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How words are described

little little pay little refuse
final final pay final refuse

Common collocations

life pay life refuse life
people pay people refuse people
call pay call refuse call
service pay service refuse service
Other words: time, way, money, father, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Similarly, while diplomats are — in theory — subject to the television license just like anyone else in the UK, in practice they can simply refuse to pay.
    Source: Diplomatic Impunity
  • If you criminal scum refuse to pay the court a fine or serve your sentence, THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD!
    Source: Memes / Other Internet
  • However, the federal law states that cash money is legal tender for goods and services rendered and a business is not allowed to refuse it as payment (or at least not refuse it and then claim the customer didn't pay).
    Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law
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