how to pronounce pays

/ˈpɛɪz/

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pays is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pays in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… everyone medicare pays any provider to …”

meanings of pays

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay.

noun:

Plural of pay.

name:

Plural of Pay.

pays frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word pays occurs in english on average 12.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pays can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pays can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;