How to pronounce pays
Listen to pays in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pays” in real sentences
854 clips in the index · 217 American · 637 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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a local authority pays itself compared to what it pays independent sector?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 44:35 · hear it here
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Who pays for return shipping?
FTC · watch from 2:01 · hear it here
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everybody who pays national insurance.
UK Parliament · watch from 7:26 · hear it here
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employment that pays fairly handsomely.
Census Bureau · watch from 57:32 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pays. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.