paying

English

Etymology

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English pay

English -ing

English paying

From pay + -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
• Hyphenation: pay‧ing

Verb

paying

1. present participle and gerund of pay

Derived terms

• billpaying
• fare-paying
• feepaying
• non-paying, nonpaying
• ratepaying
• taxpaying

Noun

paying (plural payings)

1. payment
   • 1912, Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy:

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

Anagrams

• pygian