paying

English

Etymology

pay +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
• Hyphenation: pay‧ing

Verb

paying

1. present participle of pay

Derived terms

• fare-paying
• non-paying, nonpaying

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