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PAYING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
For which money is paid
Example:
stipendiary services
Synonyms:
compensable; paying; remunerative; salaried; stipendiary
Classified under:
Similar:
paid (marked by the reception of pay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Yielding a fair profit
Synonyms:
gainful; paid; paying
Classified under:
Similar:
profitable (yielding material gain or profit)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pay
Context examples:
Here, amid his books and his maps, he lived an absolutely lonely life, attending to his own simple wants and paying little apparent heed to the affairs of his neighbours.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He sank daily, and my mother and I had all the inn upon our hands, and were kept busy enough without paying much regard to our unpleasant guest.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The boat-puller obeyed, taking a turn around the little forward thwart and paying the line as it jerked taut.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
You can also discuss concerns about paying your medical bills with your health care provider, social worker or the business office of your clinic or hospital.
(Financial Assistance, NIH)
Already-queued orders won't leave idle capacity for some years, Maróth said, and paying back this loan seems realistic.
(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)
The general, perceiving his son one night at the theatre to be paying considerable attention to Miss Morland, had accidentally inquired of Thorpe if he knew more of her than her name.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Take my word for it, that, if I am alive, I shall be paying a visit at Delaford Parsonage before Michaelmas; and I am sure I shan't go if Lucy an't there.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Writing checks, paying bills, balancing checkbook.
(FAQ - Write checks, Pay bills, Balance checkbook, NCI Thesaurus)
People with learning disorders may have problems: • Listening or paying attention • Speaking • Reading or writing • Doing math
(Learning Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
