pay towards in English

Forms: pays towards [present, singular, third-person], paying towards [participle, present], paid towards [participle, past], paid towards [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> towards}} pay towards (third-person singular simple present pays towards, present participle paying towards, simple past and past participle paid towards)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays towards",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying towards",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid towards",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid towards",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subsidize; to contribute to paying part of the cost of (something); to contribute to (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_towards-en-verb-JyyrsY1D",
      "links": [
        [
          "subsidize",
          "subsidize"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay towards"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays towards",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying towards",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid towards",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid towards",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pay<,,paid> towards"
      },
      "expansion": "pay towards (third-person singular simple present pays towards, present participle paying towards, simple past and past participle paid towards)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (towards)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subsidize; to contribute to paying part of the cost of (something); to contribute to (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subsidize",
          "subsidize"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay towards"
}

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"pay towards" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms