Definitions for paying
pay·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gainful, paid, payingadjective

   yielding a fair profit

2. compensable, paying(a), remunerative, salaried, stipendiaryadjective

   for which money is paid

   "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services"

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1. 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.

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1. Paying

   of Pay

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1. 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

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'paying' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2688

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'paying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #848

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce paying?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say paying in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paying in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of paying in a Sentence

1. Charles Fraser:

   It's puzzling that they don't ask some basic questions about quality, they pay, but they don't know what they're paying for.

2. Chief Executive Peter Coleman:

   Before you take that next step, you need to know who you're paying your rent to, at this point in time we don't know what the regulatory framework is, we don't know what the fiscal framework will be, so we can't evaluate this project and we can't put it up to buyers as to being a viable project that they would be interested in.

3. Asim Rahman:

   The acquisition terms reflect paying a very high valuation multiple and the deal could constrain inorganic investment in the pharma division at a time when the future pipeline of this division is a key concern for investors, following a future integration of Monsanto, Bayer could find itself with a weakened pharma business.

4. Randy Gwirtzman:

   There are many quality companies that for whatever reason people are just scared of, people are running to things that have no problems in them and paying a lot, and we'd rather get things with manageable problems at much lower multiples.

5. President Biden:

   This investment in environmental justice is real, it also provides tax credits that will create thousands of good paying jobs, manufacturing jobs and clean energy construction projects, solar projects, wind projects, clean hydrogen projects, carbon capture projects, and more.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=paying
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paying
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=paying