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pay the freight en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To pay for the cost of transport.
  2. (idiomatic) To bear the cost.
    • McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight. 2000, G. M. Ford, Last Ditch, page 62:
    • I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars. 1990, J. A. Jance, Minor in Possession, page 168:
    • Stores that were large enough to pay the freight hired their own in-house detectives and security, but lots of companies were far too small to handle that kind of expense on a full-time basis. 1997, J. A. Jance, Name Withheld, page 58:

Forms

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paying the freight Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paid the freight Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
paid the freight Tense=Past lexicographic
pays the freight Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic