pay for

Definition of Pay For in English :

1. invite, pay for

have as a guest

Example Sentences:
'I invited them to a restaurant'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pay For

verb (preposition)

to make payment (of) for

2. (intransitive)

to suffer or be punished, as for a mistake, wrong decision, etc

in his old age he paid for the laxity of his youth

to suffer or undergo punishment because of

to atone or make amends for

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