paying
yielding a fair profit
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,865 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,755 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- yielding a fair profit also: gainful, paid
- for which money is paid also: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary a paying jobremunerative work
paying in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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By paying my premium I should be giving it back to him.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Fred was paying down the remaining twenty-six dollars on the price he had bid for the handsome chestnut pony.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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The only objection is to paying for them; and the objection to paying arises from the want of ability to pay.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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Now-a-days the majority of the paying patrons of these seats come from the ranks of the new custodians of the nation's wealth.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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Where, then, and in whose pockets, did you suppose I was getting the enormous interests I have been paying you for years?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1