pay way

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• pay way — pay (your) way if someone pays their way, they pay for all the things they have or use. We ve always paid our own way and never taken a penny from the state …   New idioms dictionary

• pay way — to produce enough money to cover or pay one s operating or running expenses …   Idioms and examples

• pay your way — phrase to pay for everything that you need or use yourself, rather than allowing or expecting other people to pay for you Your children grow up and they start to pay their way. Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: pay * * * pay… …   Useful english dictionary

• pay your own way — pay your (own) way : to use your own money to pay for the things you need or do She got a part time job in order to pay her way through college. Students must pay their own way if they choose to participate in the trip. I wanted to buy him dinner …   Useful english dictionary

• pay its way — pay its (or one s) way (of an enterprise or person) earn enough to cover its (or one s) costs some students are paying their way through college * * * pay its ˈway idiom (of a business, etc.) to make enough money to pay what it costs to keep it… …   Useful english dictionary

• pay your way — ► to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay: »I got a part time job to help pay my way through university. Main Entry: ↑pay …   Financial and business terms

• pay its way — ► if a business pays its way, it makes at least the same amount of money as it costs to operate: »When Swan Lake reached the West End, there had to be eight performances a week for the production to pay its way. Main Entry: ↑pay …   Financial and business terms

• Pay to Play — can refer to several different concepts.In politicsIn politics, pay to play refers to a system, akin to payola in the music industry, by which one pays (or must pay) money in order to become a player. The common denominator of all forms of pay to …   Wikipedia

• pay your way — pay (your) way if someone pays their way, they pay for all the things they have or use. We ve always paid our own way and never taken a penny from the state …   New idioms dictionary

• pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… …   English World dictionary

• pay your way — pay your share of the expenses    I don t want charity, she said. I pay my way …   English idioms