Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
Rig
Rig verb - To provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity.
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Synonyms for Rig
Nearby Word: rigging
How words are described
| good | good pay | good rig |
| full | full pay | full rig |
| special | special pay | special rig |
| standard | standard pay | standard rig |
| Other adjectives: small, entire, big, decent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Fixing the Game: Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins.
Source: Film / Things Change -
In later chapters of NCIS fanfic Shards to a Whole, small discrepancies in the totals of military pay accounts → embezzlement and corruption within CGI (Coast Guard Investigations) → a decades-old conspiracy to rig US Presidential and Congressional elections.
Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot -
Vandalism Backfire: Mel attempts to rig his own contest to fail, by ripping up the only "E" in the "Spell out 'M-E-L-S' for the grand prize" drawing (after raising the grand prize offering to counter a competitor's contest, to a level he couldn't pay if he wanted to).
Source: Series / Alice (1976)
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