Pay and Take

Pay

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

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Take and pay are semantically related in carry topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead the word "Pay" as a verb or a noun.

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

Take verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.

Usage example: I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please

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Pay and take are semantically related in carry topic. Sometimes you can use "Pay" instead the word "Take" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good pay	good take
best	best pay	best take
long	long pay	long take
actual	actual pay	actual take
Other adjectives: large, big, great, little, final, next, triple.

Happiness in Slavery: Sophia and Kevin both work for William Auten for no pay and take a great deal of pride in the work they do for him.

Source: Visual Novel / Jisei
In Clear Sky, they take the form of guides that you can pay to take you to various places.

Source: Warp Whistle
When Bruce asks what it's for, she sarcastically claims that he should take his then girlfriend April out for a fancy dinner and when the money and April are gone he will come back to work for Chow to pay it off, which she believes would take him well into his old age.

Source: Film / Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

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