"buy and pay for" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1952 October 12, Joseph M. Barr, “Letters to the Editor”, in The Pittsburgh Press",
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          "ref": "2002, David L. Dukes, The First Black President Blues, page 87",
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