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- pay to do
pay to do
pay to do something
to be beneficial to do something; to be profitable. It doesn't pay to drive downtown when you can take the train. It pays to take an umbrella with you if it's supposed to rain.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Cloelia | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Chika (1) | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Finnegan | | FIN-ə-gən | Irish, English (Modern) |
| Lowell | | ['ləuəl] | |
| HÅKon | | HAW-koon | Norwegian |
| Michelle | | mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English) | French, English, Dutch |