Common Verbs of the Fourth Sentence Type - Part 3
▶️ things + entitle + people or groups + to + rights
Being unemployed entitles you
to free medical treatment.
The voucher entitles you
to
10% off all overseas flights.
In our country, all employees
are entitled to 21 days of
holiday.
▶️ things + charge + expenses + people
▶️ things + cost + expenses + people
The bank charges me service fees
every time I transfer money to another account.
The trip to Europe will cost us
over $4000 USD for just one week.
▶️ item + charge + fee + to + account
We can charge the bill
to our company’s credit card.
You can charge the bill
to my account.
Can I charge the bill
to my loyalty rewards account to
earn points?
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Cost and charge also have the third sentence verb usage:
charge/cost + fee
The car mechanic
charges $100 for
inspecting cars.
The barber shop
charges $30 for a
haircut and $80 for dying hairs.
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▶️ people + pay + people + money
We’ll pay the contractor $1000
for his service by the end of this month.
I'll pay you $20 back
tomorrow.
I paid the driver (in/with)
cash.
The company pays its interns $4,
000 a month.
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Pay also has the third sentence verb usage: pay + money,
bill; pay + person
Jack pays $1, 000 per
month for his rent, and always
pays the phone bill on
the 10 th of the month.
Monica bought a house because she got tired of
paying her landlord.
pay for + something
The boss paid
for lunch
I paid
for the movie tickets.
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▶️ compensate/reimburse + someone + for + something
The airline will reimburse me
for the amount they have
overcharged me.
The insurance company will
compensate you
for your car damage.
▶️ reimburse + someone + for + something
Here, “Reimburse” means " to pay out the previous expense" in the
accounting field. If the employee has to pay an expense in advance
because of a business trip, the company will compensate the employee
for the previously advanced payment afterward. At this time, the word
“reimburse” can be used.
Our company will
reimburse employees
for travel expenses.
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compensate and reimburse also have the third sentence verb
usage: reimburse + fee
The airline will
reimburse the
airfare.
Our company will
reimburse travel
expenses.
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