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Meaning of pay it forward | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of pay forward.

Examples

“The study⟳ authors, citing other examples of "pay⟳ it forward⟳" kindness at fast food restaurants and their own⟳ experiments encouraging subjects to help⟳ others, write⟳: "Why, in the absence of external sanctions and opportunities for reciprocation, do people help⟳ strangers? One possible explanation is that helping is driven by receiving or observing help⟳. In other words, generosity towards strangers may be socially contagious."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

pay nature's debt pay no mind pay off pay off old scores pay one's addresses pay one's debt to society

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