Definitions for paying
pay·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gainful, paid, paying(adj)

   yielding a fair profit

2. compensable, paying(a), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary(adj)

   for which money is paid

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Paying

   of Pay

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1. paying

   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

How to pronounce paying?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. African American:

   The costs of hospitalizations for firearm injuries increased slightly from 2006 to 2014, but not dramatically. The real story is that we spend over $700 million a year paying for these hospitalizations, that does not include follow-up costs, costs of readmissions or disability or home medications or loss of work.

2. Rudy Giuliani:

   When I heard of Cohen's retainer for $ 130,000, Michael Cohen was doing no work for the President, i said,' Well, that's how Michael Cohen's repaying it, with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes for Michael Cohen.'.

3. Meryl Cook:

   There was a long period of time where I couldn't even put the news on, because I was so depressed. Now I'm paying more attention, my goal is to pick candidates and help them campaign.

4. Elvis Picardo:

   The bond markets are forcing investors' hands, they are making a move ahead of any central bank rate hikes that may or may not come over the next year or two, with higher yields you're paying more for debt.

5. Mansour Moazzami:

   There is a need to change this, the Oil Ministry is currently facing a financial burden as a result of paying the cash handouts.

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