Paying and Refuse

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Paying adjective - Yielding a profit.

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Refuse is an antonym for paying in topics: services, get revenge.

Nearby Words: pay, payment, payable, payout, payer

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Paying is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

In theory however, this means that a "not-prostitute" could simply refuse having sex with the client even after being paid and there is nothing the client could do, as they are not paying for sex.

Source: Insistent Terminology / Real Life

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