"pay the rent" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "paying the rent",
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      "form": "paid the rent",
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      "glosses": [
        "To provide enough income to afford a place to live."
      ],
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          "income"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a job) To provide enough income to afford a place to live."
      ],
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          "word": "roof over one's head"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "put food on the table"
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        {
          "word": "pay the bills"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs."
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        "(Australia, idiomatic) To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs."
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  "word": "pay the rent"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "paid the rent",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "word": "put food on the table"
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        "To provide enough income to afford a place to live."
      ],
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          "provide"
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          "income",
          "income"
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        "(of a job) To provide enough income to afford a place to live."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pay the bills"
        }
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        "To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs."
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        "(Australia, idiomatic) To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs."
      ],
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