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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

paying

· IPA /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/
01 n. the act of paying money.
  1. 1.
    the act of paying money.
Syn. payment, defrayal, defrayment.
02 adj. yielding material gain or profit; as, paying investments.
  1. 1.
    yielding material gain or profit; as, paying investments.
  2. 2.
    providing a salary for work performed; as, a paying job.[prenominal]
Syn. profitable. — Syn. -- compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary, gainful.