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pay
verb
▶ get paid
to commit a successful robbery US- — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 272, 1987
- — Philadelphia Inquirer, p. C3, 12 May 1991
▶ pay black
to pay a blackmailer’s extortion UK, 1984
Combines conventional “pay” with “black” (blackmail).▶ pay crow tax
to lose a farm animal by accidental death or disease CANADA- [In Quebec’s Eastern Townships] to lose your horse or cow by an accident or disease is “to pay crow tax,” as years ago, dead animals were left for wild animals and crows to eat. — Lewis Poteet, Talking Country, p. 58, 1992
▶ pay the grandstand
in horse racing, to place a bet that will generate a huge earning AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 60, 1989
▶ pay through the nose
to pay a high (financial) price for something UK, 1672- British taxpayers are being asked to pay through the nose for the privilege of a hellish ride[.] — The Guardian, 8 February 2002
▶ pay your dues
to persevere through hardship US, 1956- He’d kicked his habit. He’d paid his dues. — James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charlie, p. 123, 1964
- He [John Tower] spent twenty-eight years in Washington, but he never paid his dues. — Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of the Doomed, p. 268, 6 March 1989
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