/peɪ bæk/ <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">pays</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">paying</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, simple past and past participle paid <span class="searchmatch">back</span>) (transitive)...
<span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">pays</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin, present participle <span class="searchmatch">paying</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin...
backpay From <span class="searchmatch">back</span> + <span class="searchmatch">pay</span>. <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">pays</span>) A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which...
<span class="searchmatch">pays</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">pays</span>, backpays, paybacks...
<span class="searchmatch">paying</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">pays</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> paybacks, <span class="searchmatch">pays</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>...
paid <span class="searchmatch">back</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">paying</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin...
<span class="searchmatch">pays</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> in someone's own coin...
Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games: I had to <span class="searchmatch">pay</span> off the judge to get my license <span class="searchmatch">back</span>. (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net...