pay in
phrasal verb
paid in; paying in; pays in
British
: to put (money) in an account : deposit
I went to the bank to pay in a cheque.
paying a cheque in an account
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His total pay in Sacramento was $126,980 in 2023, according to Transparent California.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
Adding around 300 episodes of the Comedy Central show to Warner’s inventory for mid-2020, the agreement with the then Viacom was to be paid in installments of about $25 million a quarter – which worked out fine until early this year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Photo: Hayley Ellen Day Gavin says the price, more than double what the owner paid in 2020, accounts for the cost of the careful renovation and for the boom in demand in this pocket of Brooklyn.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2025
The average that customers paid in January 2024 for combined services was 22% higher than the $241 that customers were paying in January 2023.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
Adding around 300 episodes of the Comedy Central show to Warner’s inventory for mid-2020, the agreement with the then Viacom was to be paid in installments of about $25 million a quarter – which worked out fine until early this year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Photo: Hayley Ellen Day Gavin says the price, more than double what the owner paid in 2020, accounts for the cost of the careful renovation and for the boom in demand in this pocket of Brooklyn.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Jan. 2025
The average that customers paid in January 2024 for combined services was 22% higher than the $241 that customers were paying in January 2023.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Pay in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20in. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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