"pay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

pay verbo

pay + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 256
pay attention • pay taxes • pay tribute • pay rent • pay homage • pay salaries • pay dividends • pay tuition • pay cash • pay royalties • ...
verbo + pay
Kolokacji: 88
avoid paying • stop paying • start paying • help pay • begin paying • continue paying • keep paying • end up paying • afford to pay • ...
pay + preposición
Kolokacji: 66
pay for • pay off • pay back • pay out • pay down • pay up • ...
pay + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 97
highly paid • pay dearly • actually pay • paid directly • pay handsomely • pay extra • generally pay • pay later • well paid • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(1) highly, high
Kolokacji: 2
(2) dearly, actually
Kolokacji: 2
(5) extra, electronically
Kolokacji: 2
(6) generally, entirely, alone
Kolokacji: 3
(9) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 3
(11) simply, most, merely
Kolokacji: 3
(12) gladly, willingly, voluntarily
Kolokacji: 3
(13) normally, customarily
Kolokacji: 2
(15) partly, partially, completely
Kolokacji: 3
(16) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(17) promptly, quickly, duly
Kolokacji: 3
(18) heavily, fairly
Kolokacji: 2
1. initially pay = początkowo zapłać initially pay
2. originally paid = początkowo zapłacić originally paid
3. essentially pay = zasadniczo zapłać essentially pay
  • Taking the refrigerators into account, he essentially paid about $600 per car.
  • In some cases, the fund will be used to buy up fishing licenses, essentially paying fishermen not to fish.
  • The Nets will have few options next summer while paying essentially three franchise players.
  • The money saved in energy costs allowed the stoves to essentially pay for themselves as families made payments over six months.
  • Not the wisest choice of men, but they were essentially paying him to break the law.
  • So when it came down to it, I was essentially paying her to have a good time.
  • If a company makes a settlement payment, shareholders are essentially paying for it themselves.
  • He said the program essentially pays for itself by reducing the company's overall collection costs.
  • Over the next 30 years the state will buy the prison back, essentially paying for it twice.
  • In fact, because of the market's decline over the last three years, they are essentially paying tax on money they've lost.
4. paid primarily = zapłacony pierwotnie paid primarily
(20) happily, cheerfully
Kolokacji: 2
(21) up, upward
Kolokacji: 2
(22) personally, privately
Kolokacji: 2
(23) separately, collectively
Kolokacji: 2
(24) early, late
Kolokacji: 2
(25) properly, improperly, decently
Kolokacji: 3
(26) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(27) definitely, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) reluctantly, grudgingly
Kolokacji: 2

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