0%

dues-paying

dues-pay·ing
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dooz-pey-ing, dyooz-]
    • /du, dyu ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dooz-pey-ing, dyooz-]
    • /du, dyu ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/

Definitions of dues-paying word

  • adjective dues-paying gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist. 1
  • noun dues-paying the act or process of gaining experience, especially slowly and laboriously: She had many years of dues-paying before her abilities were recognized. 1

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Dues-paying

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dues-paying popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?