pay the rent

English

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pay the rent (third-person singular simple present pays the rent, present participle paying the rent, simple past and past participle paid the rent)

  1. (idiomatic, of a job) To provide enough income to afford a place to live
  2. (Australia, idiomatic) to provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs.

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