Paying

//ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
payment
"It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of pay form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1
for which money is paid wordnet
2
yielding a fair profit wordnet

Synonyms

gainful remunerative acquitment acquittal acquittance advantageous

Antonyms

Example

"It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention."

Etymology

From pay + -ing.

Related phrases

fare-paying non-paying

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