pay their last respects

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• pay one's last respects — verb To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others. Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a… …   Wiktionary

• pay one's last respects — ► pay one s last respects show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral. Main Entry: ↑pay …   English terms dictionary

• pay your respects (to somebody) — pay your reˈspects (to sb) idiom (formal) to visit sb or to send a message of good wishes as a sign of respect for them • Many came to pay their last respects (= by attending sb s funeral). Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pay */*/*/ — I UK [peɪ] / US verb Word forms pay : present tense I/you/we/they pay he/she/it pays present participle paying past tense paid UK [peɪd] / US past participle paid Get it right: pay: The verb pay is never followed by a direct object that refers to …   English dictionary

• pay one's last respects — show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral. → pay …   English new terms dictionary

• pay one's last respects — show respect toward a dead person by attending their funeral …   Useful english dictionary

• pay — 1 /peI/ verb past tense and past participle paid /peId/ 1 GIVE MONEY (I, T) to give someone money for something you have bought, or for something they have done for you: They ran off without paying. | Didn t pay em a penny, just asked em to do it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pay — [[t]pe͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ pays, paying, paid 1) VERB When you pay an amount of money to someone, you give it to them because you are buying something from them or because you owe it to them. When you pay something such as a bill or a debt, you pay the… …   English dictionary

• pay — 1. v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. paid) 1 (also absol.) give (a person etc.) what is due for services done, goods received, debts incurred, etc. (paid him in full; I assure you I have paid). 2 a give (a usu. specified amount) for work done, a …   Useful english dictionary

• pay — pay1 verb (past and past participle paid) 1》 give (someone) money due for work, goods, or a debt incurred.     ↘give (a sum of money) thus owed.     ↘(pay someone off) dismiss someone with a final payment. 2》 be profitable or advantageous.… …   English new terms dictionary