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Say loudly: "I'll pay!" (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shout

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'say' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for shout that I've seen before include "Noise" , "Utter a loud cry" , "Call loudly" , "(Statement) with opposite sense intended" , "Yell" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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