pay into
phrasal verb
paid into; paying into; pays into
chiefly US
: to put money into (a fund or account)
Each month she pays into an account that can be used for medical expenses.
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Cook paid into the retirement system while working as an aide to Healey for the past three years and as a UMass Hotel manager since 2016, state Comptroller records show.
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
As the film explores, the medical advance left some investors in viatical settlements at a literal loss – paying into life insurance policies indefinitely with no prospect of payout.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Paradoxically, the same workers who are exploited for their labor while paying into benefits for other Americans and getting nothing in return themselves are demonized and subject to an increasingly hostile enforcement regime.
—Thomas Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Council member Phillip Philbin pointed out growing debt and dwindling services as concerns in paying into DART.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
As the film explores, the medical advance left some investors in viatical settlements at a literal loss – paying into life insurance policies indefinitely with no prospect of payout.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Paradoxically, the same workers who are exploited for their labor while paying into benefits for other Americans and getting nothing in return themselves are demonized and subject to an increasingly hostile enforcement regime.
—Thomas Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Council member Phillip Philbin pointed out growing debt and dwindling services as concerns in paying into DART.
—Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Pay into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20into. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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