What does paying mean?
Definitions for paying
pay·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word paying.
Princeton's WordNet
gainful, paid, payingadjective
yielding a fair profit
compensable, paying(a), remunerative, salaried, stipendiaryadjective
for which money is paid
"a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services"
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paying
Paying refers to the act of giving money or something of value in exchange for goods, services, or to fulfill an obligation. This could involve various methods such as cash, check, digital or electronic transfer. It is typically done as a form of compensation or acknowledgment of a debt owed.
Webster Dictionary
Paying
of Pay
Editors Contribution
payingverb
Verb form of the word pay.
They were paying with cash and the restaurant manager was very grateful.
Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'paying' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2688
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'paying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #848
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of paying in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of paying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of paying in a Sentence
We're paying $1 billion per year as taxpayers to pay for a shelter system and the homeless say, 'We're afraid to go into it,' it's not right to have a shelter system that is so dirty and unsafe, that people have to stay on the street corner.
Hand-washing being a way to prevent infections is not new news anymore, for sure, we know a lot about the fact that it works. We are paying more attention now to the fact that it's not just washing your hands but how you wash your hands.
Ramsay Bolton: If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.
Taxing businesses is the Democrats' version of manna from heaven: someone else supposedly is paying for the government. But all citizens are hurt through lower growth, higher prices, lower wages, taxes should be transparent. It should be clear who is paying them. The corporate income tax is designed to hide the tax burden.
I think the ‘ who’s paying ’ question will drag on for many years. That might be through court cases and tribunals. But I do n’t see how it will be resolved.
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