How to Use pay in in a Sentence

pay in

verb
  • Those who get most of their pay in salaries would be slammed.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But why weren’t they getting paid in the first place?
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Also, the tip must be paid in cash or by credit, debit or gift card.
    — Annette Nellen, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Teacher pay in the state has increased 36%.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Secured creditors saw their claims paid in full.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And why shoppers paying in cash are bearing the brunt of credit card fees.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • With that method, the plaintiffs would be paid in the next few months, once the transaction closed, the plan states.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Not bad for a Rays roster that mostly gets paid in company scrip.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • One is the issue of our showrunners getting paid in post-production.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Records show that taxes were not paid in 2024 and 2025.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The group is part of a statewide effort to increase what corporations pay in taxes.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026
  • After two hours of back and forth, a representative said our tickets weren’t paid in full.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There's no limit on what a beneficiary could pay in cost sharing.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • PBMs are to be paid in flat-dollar bona fide service fees rather than portions of rebates.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • However, when paying in cash in Europe, their smaller bills are coins.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
  • Beginning teacher pay in both districts lags behind the cost of living.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The other view is that the underlying expenses were paid in fiat, so any award should be paid in pounds.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The last remaining issue before the court is how much Baldoni should pay in legal fees.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • In such cases, some creditors – the people or companies owed money – may not be paid in full.
    — James Malm, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
  • The name hums with nostalgia, and includes a placid nod to those coal-mining towns where people were paid in company scrip.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Industry experts have said some ships are able to pass through the chokepoint by paying in Chinese yuan.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That brings in $7,500 a year, about what the club is paying in rent and utilities for a single month.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • In law, the cost of a wrong answer is paid in someone’s freedom, their assets, or their family’s future.
    — Alexandra Smyth, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • So, yes, paying in the neighborhood of $200 to walk around a golf course is still expensive.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • That’s equivalent to raising the average sales tax rate by around 16% for people who pay in cash.
    — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • The database also includes years of service for each employee, and gross pay in their most recent paycheck.
    — Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Google has already been paying in the range of $20 billion a year to be the default search engine on the iPhone.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Most payment platforms will flag peptide sales, the vender said, and sent me a video explaining how to pay in cryptocurrency.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Creditors would always prefer to be paid in full, but in certain cases, there may be room to negotiate.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • That means raising pay in real terms, not merely bestowing nominal bumps which can be wiped out by inflation.
    — Randi Weingarten, Time, 11 June 2026

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