Definition of Paying

1. Adjective. Yielding a fair profit.

Exact synonyms: Gainful, Paid
Similar to: Profitable

2. Adjective. For which money is paid. "Stipendiary services"
Exact synonyms: Compensable, Remunerative, Salaried, Stipendiary
Similar to: Paid
Derivative terms: Remunerate

Definition of Paying

1. Verb. (present participle of pay) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paying

1. pay [v] - See also: pay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paying

payed
payee
payees
payen
payens
payer
payers
payess
payesses
payest
payeth
payfone
payfones
paygrade
paygrades
paying (current term)
paying(a)
paying attention
paying back
payings
payload
payloader
payloaders
payloads
paymaster
paymasters
payment
payment rate
payment schedule
payment service

Literary usage of Paying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Economic Surveys: Russian Federation by Oecd (2006)
"Methods of paying for outpatient care through regional OMS funds, Number of regions employing Number of regions employing Capitation Point system Budget ..."

2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"The Bishop of Constance has two mansions, paying fourteen-peuce, and the Bishop of Hereford has three mansions, paying thirteen-pence. One of them is waste. ..."

3. Patent Essentials for the Executive, Engineer, Lawyer and Inventor: A by John Franklin Robb, George Prescott Tucker, Louis William Maxson, Edwin Clark Reynolds, Loren Alonzo Sadler, Edward Collins (1922)
"In combination, a cash register comprising keys, a cash drawer therefor, paying mechanism in said drawer and carried by the drawer, and means controlled by ..."

4. The New Practice of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1837)
"Of paying MONEY into COURT. JL HE practice of paying money into court was formerly allowed in those cases only where an action was brought upon contract, ..."

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