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paying meaning

EN[ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ] [-eɪɪŋ]
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    Definition of paying in English Dictionary

  • NounPLpayingsSUF-ing
    1. payment.
    2. Verb
      1. present participle of pay.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • 3 September) – means the Guardian is now advocating stealing software rather than paying what can only be described as a very meagre multilicence upgrade fee.
          • If I spent all my income to generate fapiao to avoid paying taxes on my income, I’d never actually save any money.
          • e’s some money for you. Never mind about paying me back; you can keep it.
        2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
          • Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.
        3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -ing
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Verbs
              • Verb forms
                • Participles
                  • Present participles
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            1. en payings
            2. en paying back
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of paying for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "paying" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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