"pay the penalty" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pays the penalty [present, singular, third-person], paying the penalty [participle, present], paid the penalty [participle, past], paid the penalty [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> the penalty}} pay the penalty (third-person singular simple present pays the penalty, present participle paying the penalty, simple past and past participle paid the penalty)
  1. To incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice. Synonyms: pay the price, pay the piper, face the music Translations (to suffer for deeds): poenās dō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-pay_the_penalty-en-verb-AC88j8~a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Latin translations

Inflected forms

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