pay for

British  

verb

1. to make payment (of) for

2. (intr) to suffer or be punished, as for a mistake, wrong decision, etc

   in his old age he paid for the laxity of his youth

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pay for Idioms  

1. Cover the expenses of, defray the cost of, as in I'll pay for your movie ticket , or This truck will pay for itself within a year . [Mid-1300s]

2. Atone for, suffer for, as in He may have looked like a good manager, but his successor will end up paying for his mistakes . [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Consumers are also becoming more deliberate about how they pay for their purchases, showing more reluctance to add to debt, especially during the holiday period.

From The Wall Street Journal

The record company wouldn't pay for a train ticket for him to get from London to his home to Middlesbrough so his wife drove down to pick him up in her old Austin Mini.

From BBC

One in six of the 46 million seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit, which pays for most drugs taken by older Americans, were prescribed eight or more medications.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fund is part of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a tariff system conceived to protect European producers from foreign competitors that aren’t required to pay for the carbon emissions they generate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Growth Gambit: OpenAI is aiming to raise as much as $100 billion as it seeks to pay for growth plans in a market that has cooled recently on the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• back
• encourage
• finance
• fund
• maintain
• raise
• set up
• sponsor
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• subsidize
• uphold